FLUSHING, N.Y. — The Daemen women's tennis team fell 7-0 to Queens in its spring ECC opener on the road Friday.

The Knights won all three doubles matches to take the point. The Wildcats' No. 1 team of Marley Conover (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) and Bella Bjerkan (Elmhurst, Ill.) lost 6-1 to Ela Vasic and Marie Bertran. The No. 2 pair of Carly Armitage (Rochester, N.Y.) and Ashley Bonilla (Flushing, N.Y.) fell 6-2 to Sixtine Goubet and Lilie Bizouerne. At No. 3 doubles, Lily Goodemote (Sauquoit, N.Y.) and Dania Mehani (Amherst, N.Y.) dropped a 6-1 decision to Alicia Santa Cruz and Kayla Taszymowicz.

Queens then secured the match by winning all six singles contests. At No. 1 singles, Conover fell to Vasic in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0. Armitage was upended, 6-1, 6-1, by Bizouerne at No. 2. Bjerkan dropped a 6-2, 6-1 decision to Johanne Genestay at No. 3, while Bonilla fell 6-0, 6-0 to Taszymowicz at the No. 4 slot. Daemen's No. 5 player, Goodmote, lost 6-0, 6-0 to Regina Ruiz. Nadja Emmendorfer (Clarence, N.Y.) lost 6-1, 6-0 at No. 6 to Santa Cruz. 

DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 – Ela Vasic & Marie Bertran (QC) def. Marley Conover & Bella Bjerkan (DAE), 6-1
#2 – Sixtine Goubet & Lilie Bizouerne (QC) def. Carly Armitage & Ashley Bonilla (DAE), 6-2
#3 – Alicia Santa Cruz & Kayla Taszymowicz. (QC) def. Lily Goodemote & Dania Mehani (DAE), 6-1

SINGLES RESULTS
#1 -- Vasic (QC) def. Conver (DAE), 6-0, 6-0
#2 -- Bizouerne (QC) def. Armitage (DAE), 6-1, 6-1
#3 –Johanne Genestay (QC) def. Bjerkan (DAE), 6-2 6-1
#4 – Taszymowicz (QC) def. Bonilla (DAE), 6-0, 6-0
#5 – Ruiz (QC) def. Goodmote (DAE), 6-0, 6-0
#6 – Santa Cruz (QC) def. Nadja Emmendorfer (DAE), 6-1, 6-0

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UP NEXT
Daemen heads to St. Thomas Aquinas for a 2 p.m. match on Saturday.

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