Box Score ORLANDO, Fla. – The University of Dayton women's tennis team's season came to a close at the hands of No. 2 Saint Louis on Thursday night, falling to the Billikens 4-0 in the Atlantic 10 quarterfinals at the USTA National Campus.
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Saint Louis earned a hard-fought doubles points with a 6-4 win at No. 1 and a 6-3 victory at No. 2.
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SLU would go on to take No. 1, No. 5 and No. 6 singles to clinch the match.
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Dayton had leads or fought back to tie at the other three singles spots, but the Billikens clinched before the Flyers could take a point.
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Fifth-year
Elizabeth Hamilton won her first set, 6-4, and trailed in the second when the match was called, while both freshman
Marra Bruce and junior
Neena Katauskas battled back from opening set losses to win their second sets.
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SINGLES
1. Mintusova (SLU) def. Osiecki (UD) 6-1, 6-2
2. Bruce (UD) vs. Hesham (SLU) 0-6, 6-4, 1-1 unfinished
3. Katauskas (UD) vs. Aleshina (SLU) 2-6, 6-4 unfinished
4. Hamilton (UD) vs. Gines (SLU) 6-4, 1-2 unfinished
5. Duran (SLU) def. Wojcikiewicz (UD) 6-4, 6-2
6. White (SLU) def. Greb (UD) 6-2, 6-0
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DOUBLES
1. Mintusova / Aleshina (SLU) def. Osiecki / Katauskas (UD) 6-4
2. Hesham / Ferreira (SLU) def. Bruce / Hamilton (UD) 6-3
3. Wojcikiewicz / Greb (UD) vs. White / Duran (SLU) 5-5
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