Feb. 17, 2007

Washington, D.C. - The Georgetown women's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to BIG EAST opponent Seton Hall on Friday night at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va. The Hoyas then traveled to the Levy Pavilion in Philadelphia for a match against No. 36 Penn (Fila/ITA Rankings) today. The Quakers dealt the Hoyas a 5-0 decision. This drops the Hoyas to 1-7 overall with a 0-2 mark in BIG EAST Conference play.

The Hoyas got off to a successful start against Seton Hall as the duo of junior Stephanie Cohen (Fayetteville, N.Y./DeWitt) and sophomore Courtney Olsen (Englewood, Colo./Colorado Academy) remained undefeated in doubles play, winning 8-4 at the second flight. The pair clinched the doubles point for GU as sophomore Kelsey Darnell (Annapolis, Md./Severn) and partner sophomore Briana Kearney (Lake Bluff, Ill./Lake Forest) had already won the third flight, 8-1.

However, the momentum shifted as the Pirates took five of six singles matches for the victory. Two matches, including the deciding match at the second singles flight, went to three sets. Olsen recorded the only singles victory for the Blue and Gray with a decisive 6-3, 6-4 win at the top spot.

Against Penn, junior Adriann Gin (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou School) and partner Kearney took the Quakers to three sets; the third set was a 10-point super-tiebreaker with Penn winning 12-10.

The Hoyas return to the court on Thursday, March 1 when they host crosstown foe George Washington at the East Potomac Country Club in Washington, D.C. The match is slated for 9 a.m.

Seton Hall 5, Georgetown 2
Doubles:
1. Nadja Sein/Sylvia Jaros (Seton Hall) def. Liz Winokur/Adriann Gin (Georgetown) 8-3
2. Stephanie Cohen/Courtney Olsen (Georgetown) def. Iva Gyurgina/Amanda El-Togby (Seton Hall) 8-4
3. Kelsey Darnell/Briana Kearney (Georgetown) def. Ebru Burduroglu/Veronika Gerka (Seton Hall) 8-1

Singles:
1. Courtney Olsen (Georgetown) def. Ebru Burduroglu (Seton Hall) 6-3, 6-4
2. Amanda El-Togby (Seton Hall) def. Stephanie Cohen (Georgetown) 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-2 *
3. Nadja Sein (Seton Hall) def. Liz Winokur (Georgetown) 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
4. Sylvia Jaros (Seton Hall) def. Adriann Gin (Georgetown) 6-4, 6-2
5. Iva Gyurgina (Seton Hall) def. Eileen Boyle (Georgetown) 6-0, 6-1
6. Veronika Gerka (Seton Hall) def. Shelley Murveit (Georgetown) 7-5, 6-2

* indicates deciding match

^No. 36 Penn 5, Georgetown 0
Doubles:
1. Amanda Avedissian/Ashley Lostritto (Penn) def. Adriann Gin/Briana Kearney (Georgetown) 6-1, 3-6, 12-10

Singles:
1. Yulia Rivelis (Penn) def. Courtney Olsen (Georgetown) 6-1, 6-0
2. Lauren Sadaka (Penn) def. Stephanie Cohen (Georgetown) 6-2, 6-2
3. Charlotte Tansil (IPenn) def. Liz Winokur (Georgetown) 6-3, 6-1
4. Jacqueline Wong (Penn) def. Kelsey Darnell (Georgetown) 6-1, 6-1

^ Fila/ITA Rankings