WEST WINDSOR, N.J. -- The fourth-seeded Bryant University women's tennis team knocked off top-seeded LIU, 4-2, on Friday in the semifinals of the 2022 Northeast Conference Tennis Championships.

With the victory, the Bulldogs advance to Saturday's NEC Championship and will face No. 2 seed Fairleigh Dickinson. Bryant's victory snapped LIU's run of four-straight NEC titles. The Black and Gold have advanced to the NEC Championship for the second-straight year and for the fifth time overall. 

How it Happened

• Bryant claimed the doubles with victories at No. 1 and No. 3.
• At No. 1, Ada Boru and Leanne Kendall were able to earn a 6-4 victory over the doubles team of Sofiya Kuzina and Valentina Dancenco that was 21-9 entering the match.
• At No. 3, Caitlyn Munson and Olivia Rondini continued their remarkable season with a 6-4 win over Bianca Compuesto and Phoebe Watton. Munson and Rondini are now 17-3 on the year and have won 13-straight matches.
• The Black and Gold then won at No. 4, No. 3 and No. 6. Bryant's win at No. 4 made it 2-0 but the Sharks evened the match with victories at No. 2 and No. 5.
• Munson made quick work at No. 4, winning 6-2, 6-0 to make it 2-0.
• LIU then won in straight sets at No. 2 and in three sets at No. 5 to tie the match. 
• Kendall and Rondini, however, completed the victory with three-set victories. Kendall lost the first set 6-2 but rebounded for a 6-2 victory in the second set and then won a heart-stopping 7-5 third set. 
• Rondini followed suit, rebounding from a second-set loss to earn a convincing third-set victory, 6-1. 

Results

Boru/Kendall (BRY) def. Kuzina/Dancenco (LIU), 6-4
Erechtchenko/Storkaas (LIU) vs. Baeza/Gomez Estrada (BRY), 5-4, unfinished
Munson/Rondini (BRY) def. Compuesto/Watton (LIU), 6-4

Boru (BRY) vs. Kuzina (LIU), 3-6, 7-6, 3-4, unfinished
Dancenco (LIU) def. Hickey (BRY), 7-5, 6-4
Kendall (BRY) def. Erechtchenko (LIU), 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
Munson (BRY) def. Compuesto (LIU), 6-2, 6-0
Storkaas (LIU) def. Baeza (BRY), 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
Rondini (BRY) def. Jorjoliani (LIU), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1

Up Next
The Bulldogs will face second-seeded FDU in the NEC Championship on Saturday. The match will begin at 10:00 a.m.