Queens, NY - The Hofstra women's tennis team were defeated by St. John's Friday afternoon in Queens, New York. The Pride and Red Storm played a clinch match, with St. John's clinching the 4-1 win over Hofstra and leaving the No. 1 and No. 4 singles matches unfinished. With the loss, Hofstra drops to 6-10 overall, while the Red Storm are now 6-6. 

Ava Veneziano and Dianela Rodriguez earned a win by default at No. 3 doubles with no opponents from St. John's to play, but the Red Storm came back in the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles matches to win the doubles point. 

Another win by default occurred for the Pride at the No. 6 singles slot where Mary Madigan won the Pride their point. St. John's won the No. 3, 5 and 2 singles slots to clinch the win, leaving Lea Forste-Dinell's No. 1 singles and Sabira Mohamed's No. 4 singles matches unfinished.

The Pride take on Stony Brook tomorrow from the Hofstra Tennis Courts at 1:00 p.m.

Results

Singles
- Mouna Bouzgarrou (SJU) vs. Lea Forste-Dinell (Hofstra): 6-4, 5-1, unfinished
- Arina Gumerova (SJU) def. Deniz Soyer (Hofstra): 6-1, 6-1
- Sabira Mohamed (Hofstra) vs. Noemi Babikova (SJU): 7-5, unfinished
- Alicia Gomez (SJU) def. Ava Veneziano (Hofstra): 6-1, 6-0
- Mary Madigan (Hofstra): win by default
Order of finish: 6, 3, 5, 2

Doubles
- Bouzgarrou/Gumerova (SJU) def. Forste-Dinell/Soyer (Hofstra): 6-4
- Babikova/Gomez (SJU) def. Mohamed/Ferguson (Hofstra): 6-1
- Veneziano/Rodriguez (Hofstra): win by default
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1