Pictured Above: Senior Madison Pautsch moved to within one victory of the all-time career wins total after earning her 27th singles victory today against Fairfield (Photo By: Dave Saffran)

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Staten Island, NY - After eight straight road contests, the Wagner women's tennis team came back to the Wagner Tennis Courts and earned a thrilling 4-3 victory over Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) members, Fairfield, on Wednesday afternoon. 

With the win, the Seahawks, who have won back-to-back matches, improve to 9-5 on the season while the Stags fall to 3-11.  Today's triumph runs the Seahawks record to 5-0 against teams from the MAAC this season. 

The Green & White took two of three matches in doubles play to take an early 1-0 lead in the overall game. The pairing of senior Avika Sagwal (New Delhi, India/Delhi Public High School [Southeastern Louisiana]) and sophomore Rina Baynes (Johns Creek, GA/Chattahoochee) earned their fifth doubles triumph of the season, downing the tandem of Emily Lombardi/Jessica Pil, 6-3. Junior Brenda Cumpa (Lima, Peru/Carmelitas [West Virginia State University]) and senior Madison Pautsch (Costa Mesa, CA/Edison) improve to a team-best 6-1 as a team, picking up a 6-1 victory over Shelby Vertula/Meghan Zimmer. 

Sagwal notched career victory No. 22 as she defeated Nicole Aragones, 6-4; 6-3, in earning her fifth win out of the No. 2 Flight position. 

Pautsch moved to within one victory of tying Brittany Frazza's career wins total (28) as Pautsch outlasted Lombardi, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 at Flight No. 6 position. Cumpa tied Sagwal with her tenth singles victory of the season, besting Vertula 6-3; 6-2. 

The Green & White, who will remain home for the remainder of the season, are set to welcome the Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights on April 9 at 10:00 a.m. in a Northeast Conference (NEC) match. 


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