LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The Rider University Women's Tennis team split a pair of MAAC matches the past two days, falling Friday night at Siena, 6-1, before bouncing back with a 5-2 win over Marist on Saturday at home. With the split, the Broncs move to 4-13 (2-4 MAAC), while the Saints improved to 4-11 (2-3 MAAC), and the Red Foxes dropped to 2-21 (0-5 MAAC).

Against Siena, the Saints began the match by sweeping the doubles point. Laila Fishman (Marlboro, NJ/Marlboro) then battled for a 6-2, 2-6, 7-5, victory over Alexa Wilson at No. 1 singles. But the Saints would take the remaining five flights and the 6-1 match victory.

Rider bounced back with two out of three to take the doubles point vs. Marist on Saturday. Fishman and Elle Catanzarite (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) cruised to a 6-1 win over Akanksha Sreenivas and Isabella Tonuzi at No. 3, before Andrea Sydow (Las Querenzas, Mexico/Prepa Net ITESM) and Sofia Gutierrez (Miami, FL/Palmetto Senior) clinched the point with a 7-6 triumph over Caterina Assi and Vihana Shresta at No. 1.

Rider then took four of six singles flights to earn the 5-2 match victory. Agnese Ceccarelli (Arezzo, Italy/Liceo Classico Francesco Petrarca) soundly defeated Devon De Sanctis, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 2, while Daniela Naves (Alvarado, Mexico/Club Med Academies) got past Ellen Zureick, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 3. Jett Coetzee (Miami, FL/Miami Palmetto Senior) similarly took care of Andriana Zaphiris, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 4.  

Samantha Killin (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley) rounded out the Broncs' victories with a 6-2, 6-3, win at No. 5 over Sreenivas.

"Great job by our women today. The last few matches, their energy has been sky high. I'm really proud of their effort and the ability to really come together through the adversity they faced all year," said Rider Head Coach Tom Battaglia. "We added some tough opponents and sometimes that works one of two ways – you can face it head on and embrace it or run from it. We took some tough losses this year, but they learned from it and it's finally paying off."

The Broncs close out the season Tuesday, when they travel to Monmouth. First serve from West Long Branch, NJ, is scheduled for 3 p.m.