CORTLAND, N.Y. - The Cortland women's tennis team lost a non-league contest against visiting Nazareth, 4-3, with four of the six singles matches contested going to three sets.
Cortland is now 6-6 on the season, with four of its six losses by 4-3 scores. Nazareth improved to 6-2. Cortland wraps up the regular season with a SUNYAC match Saturday morning at Plattsburgh and would be the SUNYAC tournament third seed with a win and the fourth seed with a loss.
Nazareth won all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. Victoria Cioni and Elizabeth Adamson won 6-2 at second doubles, Lily Brady and Anna Spencer won 6-2 at first doubles, and Page Masrouri and Lia Ferro were 6-4 winners at third doubles.
Gracie Guiliano (Rome/Notre Dame) won for Cortland at sixth singles, 6-2, 6-1, to tie the match. Spencer posted a 6-3, 6-3 win at second singles to put the Golden Flyers up 2-1. From that point, the remaining matches took three sets to decide.
Cortland claimed the first of those matches as
Anneli Adams (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) beat Adamson at fifth singles, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 to tie the score at 2-2. Nazareth regained the lead when Masrouri slipped past
Alexandra Thut (Poughquag/Arlington) at fourth singles, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.
Nazareth clinched the victory when Brady eked past
Christina Massoni (West Babylon) at first singles, 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-3. Shortly thereafter,
Reaghan Hughes (Binghamton/Chenango Forks) completed her comeback over Cioni at third singles, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4), to create the final margin.
