BALTIMORE - Towson University women's tennis team won its third match in five days defeating Loyola 4-3 in a non-conference match on Wednesday afternoon at the Ridley Athletic Complex. Since Saturday, the Tigers (9-9) beat Hampton, Monmouth and Loyola and lost to Stony Brook.
 
This is the third consecutive match between the schools, located three miles apart, that has ended 4-3. Towson won in 2023 and 2026 with Loyola emerging victorious last year.  
 
Towson captured the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead. Afte Loyola won on court 2, the Tigers top team of Kiersten Tambe and Chandrè Boshoff winning 6-3 at No. 1. The duo has now won four straight matches and five of the last six. The visitors clinched the point after a come from behind 7-5 victory by Ashira Murray and Sania Suchinsky at No. 3. The duo trailed 5-4 then won the last three games of the set.
 
Loyola (2-9) took a 2-1 lead after straight set wins on courts 5 and 3.
 
Murray tied the score at 2-all with a victory at No. 4. The junior is now 13-4 this season, including a 6-4 record on court 4. She moved up in the lineup because Tamzin Pountney was out with an injury.
 
The matches on courts 1 and 2 ended simultaneously as the Greyhounds won at No. 1 and Tigers took the match at No. 2 as Gaia Montecchi downed Elena Hartley 6-4, 7-6. Last year, Hartley won in straight sets on the same court. Montecchi improved to 14-4 this season.
 
Suchinsky clinched the match moments later – beating Emi Shivkumar at No. 6 for the second consecutive year. The senior, who missed 12 matches this spring because of a battle with mononucleosis, improved to 13-5 lifetime on court 6.
 
"Another hard-fought win for TU," Towson head coach Jamie Peterson said. "We pulled through in another tight match. We got a clutch win from Ashira and Sania to take the doubles point and a lot of fight in singles. At one point in the opening set, we trailed in five of the six matches, but Gaia and Ashira rallied to win those sets."
 
Doubles Results (Towson earned the point): 
No. 1 – Kiersten Tambe/Chandrè Boshoff (TOW) def. Christine Richiez/Emma Roeck (LOY): 6-3
No. 2 – Emi Shivkumar/Elena Hartley (LOY) def. Aubrey Carper/Chloe Courtnage (TOW): 6-3
No. 3 – Ashira Murray/Sania Suchinsky (TOW) def. Victoria Epps/Mia Matriccino (LOY): 7-5
 
Singles Results: 
No. 1 – Richiez (LOY) def. Tambe (TOW): 6-3, 7-6 (1)
No. 2 – Montecchi (TOW) def. Hartley (LOY): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
No. 3 – Matriccino (LOY) def. Boshoff (TOW): 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 – Murray (TOW) def. Epps (LOY): 7-6 (4), 6-2
No. 5 – Roeck (LOY) def. Carper (TOW): 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 – Suchinsky (TOW) def. Shivkumar (LOY): 6-3, 6-3

Next Match: 
Towson will play its final Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) match of the season – hosting UNCW on Friday afternoon at the Tiger Tennis Complex. The Seahawks (8-4, 3-1 CAA) are led by Eda Arli and Elif Albayrak, who are a combined 19-4 in singles this season. The duo is also 10-2 at No. 1 doubles.