Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Bradley University Athletics

Share:
Braves Close Fall Season at Drake Jamboree

Braves Rally for 4-3 Win at Southern

Share:
BradleyBraves.com Women's Tennis 3/17/2015 9:35:00 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. - Ariel Dechter, Aimee Manfredo and Elizabeth Przystawski all rallied for 3-set victories at Nos. 2, 3 and 6 singles, respectively, helping Bradley (9-6) rally for a 4-3 win at Southern (5-8) in the second match of its spring break trip through Louisiana Tuesday afternoon at the SU University Courts.

The win snapped Bradley's season-long losing streak at 2 matches and assures the Braves will complete their regular-season non-conference season Wednesday at New Orleans (8-6) with a winning record. The Bradley women's tennis program has not finished the year with a winning non-conference record since 2008-09, when the Braves completed their non-conference slate with an 8-5 record.

Southern started fast by winning the doubles point, then positioned itself for the win taking two of the first three singles matches with straight-set wins at Nos. 1 and 5 singles. Ashley Thai put the Braves on the board with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles, but Bradley still faced a 3-1 deficit as Dechter, Manfredo and Przystawski all went to third sets.

Przystawski made it 3-2 with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 win at No. 6 singles. Dechter knotted the match at 3-all by pulling out a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win at No. 2 singles and Manfredo finished off her win moments later with a 6-7, 6-3, 6-3 decision at No. 3 singles to complete the rally.

Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Elizabeth Przystawski

Elizabeth Przystawski

5' 8"
Freshman
Ariel Dechter

Ariel Dechter

5' 5"
Freshman
Ashley Thai

Ashley Thai

5' 6"
Freshman
Aimee Manfredo

Aimee Manfredo

5' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Elizabeth Przystawski

Elizabeth Przystawski

5' 8"
Freshman
Ariel Dechter

Ariel Dechter

5' 5"
Freshman
Ashley Thai

Ashley Thai

5' 6"
Freshman
Aimee Manfredo

Aimee Manfredo

5' 0"
Freshman