TRUMBULL, Conn. –  The Stony Brook tennis team came from behind to defeat the Fairfield Stags on the road on Saturday night.
 
Stony Brook fell in both doubles matches but came back in the singles matches.
 
Graduate Loreto Villalba-Rubio, junior Chandrika Joshi, freshman Kristi Boro, and senior Mathilde Sreeves all earned victories in their respective singles matches.
 
Joshi and Boro won their singles matches in straight sets.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Doubles
Bakaite/Liu (Fairfield) def. Boro/Sreeves (SBU), 3-6
Karmon/Molkel (Fairfield) def. Theys/Mastrodima (SBU), 4-6
Villalba-Rubio/Joshi (SBU) and Hutchinson/Tuttle (Fairfield), did not finish
 
Singles
Bakaite (Fairfield) def. Theys (SBU), 4-6, 5-7
Villalba-Rubio (SBU) def. Morkel (Fairfield), 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
Liu (Fairfield) def. Mastrodima (SBU), 2-6, 4-6
Joshi (SBU) def. Karman (Fairfield), 6-7(4), 2-6
Boro (SBU) def. March (Fairfield), 6-3, 6-3
Sreeves (SBU) def. Hutchison (Fairfield) ,6-0, 3-6, 7-5
 
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"This was a massive team effort tonight," head coach Gary Glassman said. "Losing the doubles point and coming all the way back- so proud of how everyone competed tonight. "
 
NEXT UP
Stony Brook will hit the court again on Friday, Feb. 17, when it travels to Manchester, Connecticut, to take on the UConn Huskies. The match will begin at 6 p.m.
 
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