Pirates Celebrate Senior Day, Then Beat Queens College, 5-2 - Seton Hall University Athletics
The afternoon began with a pre-match senior ceremony, honoring Hiba El Khalifi, Arina Gumerova and Aina Plana Ventosa, and then all three seniors were victorious
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South Orange, N.J. - The Seton Hall women's tennis team celebrated its three seniors prior to its match against Queens College and then rolled to a 5-2 win over the Knights Friday at the Campus Courts.
It was Seton Hall's first match on campus this season and just the fifth since 2018.
The afternoon began with a pre-match senior ceremony, honoring Hiba El Khalifi, Arina Gumerova and Aina Plana Ventosa, and then all three seniors were victorious in doubles. Gumerova and El Khalifi teamed together at No. 1 to beat Maja Makal and Gabriela Sciarotta in a tiebreaker. Plana Ventosa paired up with Emily O'Donovan at No. 3 doubles and cruised past Rea Hagishima and Chloe Certain, 6-3. Oliwia Kempinski and Arabella Moen won their third straight doubles match together, defeating Apolline Lamy and Caroline Fawzy in a tiebreaker.
In singles, Kempinski continued her outstanding season, defeating Makal with ease, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 1 singles. She now is 18-8 in singles this season, including 11-4 this spring. Plana Ventosa was the second Pirate to win as she soundly got past Fawzy at the No. 3 position, 6-1, 6-4. El Khalifi then clinched the team victory when she topped Sciarrotta at No. 4 singles in a spirited match, 7-6(4), 7-5. El Khalifi has now won three in a row and is 14-9 overall, 9-5 in the spring.
Seton Hall will next head east and face St. Francis Brooklyn Sunday at the USTA Tennis Center in Queens, N.Y., at 10 a.m.
RESULTS
Doubles
1. Arina Gumerova/Hiba El Khalifi (HALL) def. Maja Makal/Gabriela Sciarrotta (QC) 7-6(2)
2. Oliwia Kempinski/Arabella Moen (HALL) def. Apolline Lamy/Caroline Fawzy (QC) 7-6(6)
3. Aina Plana Ventosa/Emily O'Donovan (HALL) def. Rea Hagishima/Chloe Certain (QC) 6-3
Singles
1. Oliwia Kempinski (HALL) def. Maja Makal (QC) 6-1, 6-3
2. Apolline Lamy (QC) def. Arina Gumerova (HALL) 6-4, 7-6(7)
3. Aina Plana Ventosa (HALL) def. Caroline Fawzy (QC) 6-1, 6-4
4. Hiba El Khalifi (HALL) def. Gabriela Sciarrotta (QC) 7-6(4), 7-5
5. Arabella Moen (HALL) def. Ana Tarbujaru (QC) 8-5
6. Chloe Certain (QC) def. Emily O'Donovan (HALL) 5-4 ret.
