In their home opener at the National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., the St. John’s women’s tennis team shut out Fairfield 7-0 in, newly hired coach, Lauren Leo’s home debut. The Red Storm improved to 2-0 in the season following the win on Friday afternoon, while the Stags dropped to 0-1.
The Red Storm dominated the doubles matchups to start the day with a combined score of 18 games to 2. Junior Natallia Vavulina and ophomore Zofia Stanisz won the No.1 doubles position matchup by shutting out Fairfield’s Nicole Aragones and Courtney Connors 6-0. St. John’s unior, Stephanie Elgegren and freshman Delia Arranz followed that up with a 6-1 win over Karen McKheough and Meghan Zimmer at the No.