ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Lafayette men's and women's tennis teams opened their 2021 campaigns on Saturday afternoon at Winning Touch Tennis in Allentown, with the women earning a 7-0 victory and the men falling by a slim 4-3 defeat.

The Leopard women lost just won match on the day, but it was in doubles as a split earned the Maroon and White the doubles point. Snyder, McCormack, Siegel, Lesnick and Sparhawk all took home singles victories with four doing so in straight-set fashion.

On the men's side, Lafayette split the singles matches at three apiece, but lost the doubles point, winning just one-of-two. Lovallo, Wolfe and Esslinger were the singles winners.

The Maroon and White are back in action on Feb. 27, hosting Union College.

Women (W, 7-0)
Doubles
Cecelia Lesnick / Samantha Snyder (L) def. Iva Jankovic / Christy Turner (C), 6-3
Afruica Gentle / Shariah Dunwell (C) def. Maureen McCormack / Melanie Sparhawk (L), 6-1
Jessica Siegel / Halle DeNardo (L) won be default

Singles
Samantha Snyder (L) def. Iva Jankovic (C), 6-1, 6-3
Maureen McCormack (L) def. Shariah Dunwell (C), 6-0, 6-0
Jessica Siegel (L) def. Afruica Gentle (C), 6-3, 5-7, 10-5
Cecelia Lesnick (L) def. Christy Turner (C), 6-1, 7-6 (2)
Melanie Sparhawk (L) def. Mackenzie Jones (C), 6-1, 6-1
Halle DeNardo (L) won by default

Men (L, 4-3)
Doubles
Vansh Kapoor / Segiu Medesan (C) def. William Barry / John Yurconic (L), 7-5
Nash Lovallo / Josh Wolfe (L) def. Christopher Green / Dean Wateran (C), 6-0
Henrique Sada / Michael Michael (C) def. Ross Colean / Davis Esslinger (L), 6-2

Singles
Sergiu Madesan (C) def. William Barry (L) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
Michael Michael (C) def. John Yurconic (L), 6-3, 6-1
Nash Lovallo (L) def. Dean Waterman (C), 6-3, 6-2
Vansh Kapoor (C) def. Daniel Kramer (L), 6-1, 2-6, 10-3
Josh Wolfe (L) def. Henrique Sada (C), 6-1, 6-0
Davis Esslinger (L) def. Christopher Green (C), 6-4, 6-3