WASHINGTON - Howard University men's (1-10, 1-1 MEAC) and women's (3-11, 1-1 MEAC) tennis dropped its Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) game against Norfolk State men's (4-6, 1-0 MEAC) and women's (4-7, 3-0 MEAC) on Saturday.
Men's sophomore
Roger Lyn won, 7-6, 6-1 in the No. 1 singles match against top ranked Vini Da Silva. The win was the only point of the match for the Bison.
The No. 1 doubles match with Flavian Fernandez and Agustin Carrizo were incomplete as Howard's
Roger Lyn and
Karim Shokeir led, 5-4.
On the women's team,
Nicole Hutchison and
Christina Joynes were defeated, 6-1, by Zoe Fraser and and Naz Kragoz. Following their doubles match, the Bison were vindicated at the No. 3 doubles with a 6-4 win by
Dominique Jackson and
Aria Ragas over Bruna Gongalces and Adriana Strode.
In the No. 2 doubles,
Kendall Addison and
Yassmine Khiri were met with a tiebreaker after splitting the first 12 points with Joyce Fields and Paula Fortunoa. The Spartans won the flight, 7-6, to come out on top, 9-7. Norfolk earned the doubles point.
Howard's only sixth court point came after Jackson defeated Adriana Strode, 6-0, 6-3.
At the No. 4 singles, Joynes lost the 6-4 tiebreaker to Fields.
Howard women's tennis will travel to Maryland Eastern Shore for their next game on April 2. First serve is 2 p.m. The men's team will have a week off before heading to Baltimore to face Morgan State on April 6 at 1 p.m.
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The Howard University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics sponsors 19 NCAA Division I men and women varsity sports. The programs represent six conferences: the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA), Sun Belt Conference, Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and Atlantic Sun (ASUN) Conference. Visit www.hubison.com to learn more.
