Vikings Sail Past Corsairs
Posted: Oct 01, 2019

Vikings Sail Past Corsairs

Team Stats
Doubles
Anastasia Startseva / Meredith Macdonald (SSU)
def. Lauren Morgart / Jaime Fastino (UMD)
8-6
Hannah Dahrouge / Caroline Robitalle (SSU)
def. Michelle Aftandilian / Jordan Martin (UMD)
FINAL - DEFAULT
Rachel Aftandilian / Hana Hershey (UMD)
def. Liana Angelis / Alexandria Floyd (SSU)
8-6
Singles
Anastasia Startseva (SSU)
def. Lauren Morgart (UMD)
FINAL - UNFINISHED
Jaime Fastino (UMD)
def. Hannah Dahrouge (SSU)
6-1, 6-1
Caroline Robitalle (SSU)
def. Rachel Aftandilian (UMD)
6-4, 6-0
Meredith Macdonald (SSU)
def. Melanie Wong (UMD)
6-3, 6-0
Alexandria Floyd (SSU)
def. Jordan Martin (UMD)
6-1, 6-0
Jackie Bokis (UMD)
def. Alexis Alli (SSU)
6-0, 6-1

SALEM, Mass. – Salem State picked up their second win of the season with a 5-3 Little East Conference win over UMass Dartmouth at The Central Campus Tennis Courts on Tuesday afternoon. The Vikings are now 2-4 overall on the season. The Corsairs snap their two-game winning streak and slip to 7-4 and 3-3 in the LEC.

Salem State took 3-of-5 singles matches with the No.1 flight remaining unfinished due to darkness between Anastasia Startseva (Volgograd, Russia) and Lauren Morgart (Weston, Mass.).

Caroline Robitalle (South Hadley, Mass.) notched a 6-4, 6-0 win at third singles over Rachel Aftandilian (Watertown, Mass.), while Meredith Macdonald (Lynn, Mass.) and Alexandria Floyd (Burlington, Mass.) earned points with win at fourth and fifth singles respectively in straight sets. 

Startseva / Meredith Macdonald (Lynn, Mass.) earned a win at first doubles 8-6 against Morgart / Jaime Fastino (Rehoboth, Mass.). The Vikings' tandem of Caroline Robitalle (South Hadley, Mass.) / Hannah Dahrouge (South Hadley, Mass.) won second doubles by default.