Mount Tennis Improves to 2-0 With Win Over Lehman

BRONX – The Mount Saint Mary women’s tennis team defeated Lehman College, 5-2, on Wednesday night.

Sydney Sladicka and Autumn Strobach opened the dual with a strong 6-1 win at first doubles, while Chloe Graham and Megan Mann followed with a 6-4 victory at second doubles to give the Knights an early lead.

In singles, Sladicka continued her dominance at No. 1, blanking her opponent, 6-0, 6-0. Mann added another point with a hard-fought straight-set win at fourth singles, 7-6, 7-5, stretching the Mount’s lead to 3-0.

Lehman responded by taking sixth singles in straight sets and fifth singles in three sets, narrowing the score to 3-2. The Knights answered with two gritty three-set comebacks. At second singles, Strobach dropped the first set, 4-6, but rebounded strongly, taking the second set, 6-2, before closing out the third, 6-1. Graham also lost the opening set, 1-6, before flipping the match with 6-2 and 6-3 wins in the final two sets.

The decisive third-set victories from Strobach and Graham sealed the 5-2 team win for the Knights.