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The Siena Women’s Tennis team had a flair for dramatics as it opened the 2026 slate at home in winning a third set tiebreaker behind the clinching point from junior Zaara Omar<\/a> as the Saints rallied back for a 4-3 victory against LIU late Saturday night at Tri-City Fitness. The Saints will be back in action next Sunday, Feb. 1 at 1:45 p.m. hosting Providence at Tri-City Fitness in Latham.
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\nAfter dropping the opening set 2-6 to Mia Tsoukalas, Omar responded with a pair of 7-6 wins [7-6 (3) in the deciding set] to propel Siena to a 2-0 record this season.\u00a0
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\nSiena answered back in doubles play as well.\u00a0 After the Sharks’ doubles #3 duo of Leena Kuittinen and Ksenia Reznitskaya beat Selma Bellaouchi<\/a> and Reegan Mullaney<\/a> 6-0, the Saints’ #2 and #1 teams each won their matches to take the doubles point.\u00a0 Manuela Gomez<\/a> and Madeline De Faber-Schumacher<\/a> even the score when they took care of Paula Guillen and Mia Tsoukalas 6-1.\u00a0 In the deciding match, Omar and Andrea Vargas<\/a> topped Emma Barclay and Beatriz Verdial 6-4 to seal it.
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\nIn singles play, Vargas picked up a win from the #3 spot by defeating Guillen 6-3, 6-4. De Faber-Schumacher earned the Saints another point from the No. 6 position by breezing past Verdial 6-1, 6-0.\u00a0
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\nSunday’s match at UMass was postponed due to inclement weather.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nDoubles Results
\n#1 Zaara Omar<\/a> \/ Andrea Vargas<\/a> (SIE) d. Emma Barclay \/ Beatriz Verdial (L) 6-4
\n#2 Manuela Gomez<\/a> \/ Madeline De Faber-Schumacher<\/a> (SIE) d. Paula Guillen \/ Mia Tsoukalas (L) 6-1
\n#3 Leena Kuittinen \/ Ksenia Reznitskaya (L) d. Selma Bellaouchi<\/a> \/ Reegan Mullaney<\/a> (SIE) 6-0
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\nSingles Results
\n#1 Reznitskaya (L) d. Gomez (SIE) 6-2, 6-2
\n#2 Omar (SIE) d. Tsoukalas (L) 2-6, 7-6, 7-6 (3)
\n#3 Vargas (SIE) d. Guillen (L) 6-3, 6-4
\n#4 Kuittinen (L) d. Bellaouchi (SIE) 6-2, 6-1
\n#5 Barclay (L) d. Mullaney (SIE) 6-0, 7-6 (5)
\n#6 De Faber-Schumacher (SIE) d. Verdial (L) 6-1, 6-0
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