Bethpage, NY –
Alejandra Ruffini posted Hofstra's lone victory of the match as Delaware claimed a 6-1 win over the Pride in a Colonial Athletic Association match Thursday at Sportime in Bethpage, New York.
Hofstra fell to 7-11 overall and 0-2 in the CAA. Delaware improved to 9-5 overall and 1-1 in league action.
Ruffini, playing at the No. 3 singles flight, picked up a 6-4, 6-3 win over Amanda Studnicki. The victory was Ruffini's 18th of the season. Hofstra's Ronia Dolbany took Sarah Whited to a third set at No. 6. The Pride freshman dropped the first set, 6-2, before coming back to win the second by a 6-2 score. Whited took the flight with a 6-1 win in the third set.
Hofstra is back in action Friday when it hosts Binghamton at Sportime in Syosset at 5 p.m.
Singles
1. Brooke Pilkington (DELAWARE) def.
Michal Kaplan (HOFSTRA) 6-2, 6-1
2. Sara Komer (DELAWARE) def.
Jasmine King (HOFSTRA) 6-1, 6-0
3.
Alejandra Ruffini (HOFSTRA) def. Amanda Studnicki (DELAWARE) 6-4, 6-3
4. Annie Jaskulski (DELAWARE) def.
Sarah Catherine Herndon (HOFSTRA) 7-5, 6-3
5. Sarah Hall (DELAWARE) def.
Meheq Khokhar (HOFSTRA) 6-0, 6-3
6. Sarah Whited (DELAWARE) def.
Ronia Dolabany (HOFSTRA) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
Doubles
1. Brooke Pilkington/Sara Komer (DELAWARE) def.
Sarah Catherine Herndon/
Ronia Dolabany (HOFSTRA) 6-0
2. Amanda Studnicki/Sarah Hall (DELAWARE) def.
Ana Canahuate-Torres/
Meheq Khokhar (HOFSTRA) 6-2
3. Draga Sabotic/Sarah Whited (DELAWARE) def.
Michal Kaplan/
Alejandra Ruffini (HOFSTRA) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (1,2,5,3,6,4)