FAIRFAX, Va. -- The women's tennis team traveled north to Philadelphia, PA. and Long Branch, N.J. to earn a split in match results over the weekend.

On Friday, the Patriots visited Saint Joseph's and fell 1-4 to the host Hawks.

George Mason got on the score board first by winning the doubles point. The No. 1 team of Cenan Liu and Mary Young and as well the No. 3 team made up of Noelle Talarek and Ravaka Ramanantoanina both defeated their Hawk opponents.

George Mason could not earn another point before the host team secured the victory with wins at No. 6, No. 4, No. 3 and No. 5. Cenan Liu, No. 1 George Mason player, was leading her opponent and Maitree Rout was in a battle at No. 2 when the match concluded.
 

Saint Joseph's 4, George Mason 1

Singles competition

1. Wiktoria Czerny (SJU) vs. Cenan Liu (GMU) 5-7, 2-3, unfinished

2. Valeria Casusol (SJU) vs. Maitree Diksha Rout (GMU) 2-6, 4-4, unfinished

3. Elena Fleming (SJU) def. Maya Bayat (GMU) 7-5, 6-2

4. June Tronhus (SJU) def. Mary Young (GMU) 6-2, 6-2

5. Amari O'Brien (SJU) def. Noelle Talarek (GMU) 6-2, 6-2

6. Gisele Tang (SJU) def. Brooklyn Siegel (GMU) 6-1, 6-3
Singles order of Finish: 6, 4, 3, 5

Doubles competition

1. Cenan Liu/Mary Young (GMU) def. Wiktoria Czerny/Victoria Tracey (SJU) 6-2

2. Elena Fleming/June Tronhus (SJU) def. Brooklyn Siegel/Maya Bayat (GMU) 7-5

3. Noelle Talarek/R. Ramanantoanina (GMU) def. Brooke Tackett/Claudia Perez-Garcia (SJU) 6-4
Doubles order of Finish - 1, 3, 2
 

The Patriots traveled a little further north to play Monmouth on Saturday and drove away with a hard fought 4-3 victory.

Unlike Friday, the Patriots did not open the scoring falling at all three doubles positions.

Maya Bayat pulled George Mason even with a quick 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 3 singles.

Monmouth went back ahead when Maitree Rout fell to her Hawk opponent at No. 2. Mary Young shortly thereafter put Mason back even at 2-2 with a 6-4, 6-4 at No. 4.

It looked bleak for the Patriots as their No. 1 player, Cenan Liu, was taking an injury time out due to a quad issue while Shivaani Ganesh and Ravaka Ramanantoanina had both lost their opening sets and were behind in their second sets.

The host team went up 3-2 when Ganesh fell 2-6, 6-7(3) meaning the Patriots had to win both of the remains matches.

After the trainer had wrapped Liu's quad, she was able to battle through and pull the Patriots even with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win.

At this point Ramanantoanina, a first semester transfer from Averett University, had taken the second set to a tiebreaker winning it 7-5.

The entire team match came down to a one set tiebreaker, the first to win 10 points. Both players fought hard but Ramanantoanina was able to secure the Mason victory with her 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-7 come from behind win.

George Mason 4, Monmouth University 3

Singles competition

1. Cenan Liu (GMU) def. Pavitra Parikh (MUW) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4

2. Hana McKinney (MUW) def. Maitree Diksha Rout (GMU) 7-5, 6-1

3. Maya Bayat (GMU) def. Faith Sadgrove (MUW) 6-1, 6-0

4. Mary Young (GMU) def. Ximena Cano (MUW) 6-4, 6-4

5. Becky Fisher (MUW) def. Shivaani Ganesh (GMU) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)

6. R. Ramanantoanina (GMU) def. Emilia Julin (MUW) 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-7
Singles order of Finish: 3, 2, 4, 5, 1, 6

Doubles competition

1. Pavitra Parikh/Faith Sadgrove (MUW) def. Cenan Liu/Mary Young (GMU) 6-2

2. Hana McKinney/Ximena Cano (MUW) def. Brooklyn Siegel/Maya Bayat (GMU) 7-5

3. Noelle Talarek/R. Ramanantoanina (GMU) def. Becky Fisher/Emilia Julin (MUW) 7-6 (7-1)
Doubles order of Finish - 1, 2, 3

Up next
The Patriots are back in action on Friday, April 10 when they host Georgetown at the Mason Tennis Complex.