Feb. 29, 2008 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Junior Courtney Olsen (Englewood, Colo./Colorado Academy) and freshman Maxi Thiels (Atlanta, Ga./The Lovett School) outlasted Kim Weltman and Charlotte Tatler, 9-8 to help the Georgetown women's tennis team (3-5) clinch the team doubles point and the match, defeating previously undefeated Albany (8-1), 4-3 on Friday afternoon at Yates Fieldhouse. After dropping the top three singles matches, The Hoyas reeled off three wins in the bottom half of singles play. Senior Liz Winokur (West Palm Beach, Fla./Cardinal Newman) defeated Charlotte Tatler, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1. Thiels followed with a straight-set, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Laine Mackey in the No. 5 match and freshman Alex Sebia (Plains, Pa./Scranton Prep) defeated Amanda Hall 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the No. 6 match. The Great Danes had previously been undefeated in the No. 4, No.5 and No.6 singles spots through eight matches. With the match tied at three, the Great Danes quickly took control of doubles play, as Aimee Kern and Susan Ma defeated junior Stephanie Cohen (Fayetteville, N.Y./DeWitt) and freshman Elizabeth Sullivan (Potomac, Md./National Cathedral School), 8-1 in the first doubles match. Winokur and Sebia evened the score with an 8-5 win over Mackey and Hall, before Olsen and Thiels clinched a dramatic Hoyas victory. The Hoyas will travel to Florida over the spring break week, to take on Barry University on Monday, March 3 and against Lynn University the next day. They return home to take on Southern Mississippi on March 13.
Georgetown def. Albany, 4-3 Singles: Aimee Kem (Albany) def. Courtney Olsen (GU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Susan Ma (Albany) def. Steph Cohen (GU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 Kim Weltman (Albany) def. Caroline Kuehn (GU) 6-2, 6-1 Liz Winokur (GU) def. Charlotte Tatler (Albany) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 Maxi Thiels (GU) def. Laine Mackey (Albany) 6-3, 6-1 Alex Sebia (GU) def. Amanda Hall (Albany) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Doubles: Kern/Ma (Alb.) def. Cohen/Sullivan (GU) 8-1 Winokur/Sebia (GU) def. Mackey/Hall (Alb.) 8-5 Olsen/Thiels (GU) def. Weltman/Tatler (Alb.) 9-8 |
