Teaneck, N.J. (April 12, 2014) – The Mount St. Mary's women's tennis team suffered a 6-1 loss at Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday afternoon at the FDU Tennis Center in the Northeast Conference finale.

Mount St. Mary's (8-12, 1-3 NEC) struggled against the NEC-leading Knights (9-4, 4-0 NEC), losing the doubles point before falling in the five singles matches that were played on the day. The Mount picked up its point at No. 6 singles by default.

The lone three-set singles match on the day was played at the No. 1 position where Samantha Pinchoff went toe-to-toe with FDU's Ksenija Tihomirova. Pinchoff was a 6-3 winner in the first set, but lost in the second and third sets by scores of 6-1 and 13-11.

The Mount concludes the regular season with a non-conference match at Saint Peter's tomorrow.

DOUBLES
1. Ksenija Tihomirova/Gisela Castany (FDU) def. Kelly Smith/Jennifer Smith (Mount), 8-1
2. Nicole Chis/Mariya Krachok (FDU) def. Samantha Pinchoff/Liz Rossi (Mount), 8-4
3. Taylor D'Agostino/Erin Benefiel (Mount) win by default

SINGLES
1. Ksenija Tihomirova (FDU) def. Samantha Pinchoff (Mount), 3-6, 6-1, 13-11
2. Nicole Chis (FDU) def. Liz Rossi (Mount), 6-1, 6-3
3. Gisela Castany (FDU) def. Kelly Smith (Mount), 6-1, 6-0
4. Mariya Krachok (FDU) def. Taylor D'Agostino (Mount), 6-1, 6-1
5. Manuela Leme (FDU) def. Erin Benefiel (Mount), 6-0, 6-1
6. Danielle Nguyen (Mount) win by default