April 7, 2005

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - Sophmore Leighann Reilly (Voorhees, N.J.) won her No.3 singles match, which proved to be the only win for the Wildcats as Villanova fell to Big East rival Seton Hall, 6-1, on Wednesday afternoon. Villanova falls to 6-10 overall and 1-3 in conference play.

Reilly rallied from a set down to win the match over the Hall's Nadja Sein, 3-6, 6-4, 10-6.

Seton Hall recorded the first point of the day by sweeping the doubles matches. Senior Lorell Zamot and sophomore Veronika Gerka got things started with an 8-1 win at No. 3 over freshman Zoe Murray (Boston, Mass.) and Reilly, and sophomores Ebru Burduroglu and Jennifer Seide followed with an 8-3 victory at No. 2 over senior Morgan Flezzani (Pfafftown, N.C.) and senior Melissa Reed (Wyomissing, Pa.).

Junior Viviana Figueroa and sophomore Iva Gyurgina closed out doubles play with an 8-5 win at No. 1 over sophomore Candice Carlin (Moorestown, N.J.) and senior Morgan Flezzani (Pfafftown, N.C.).

Burduroglu cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Courtney Flezzani at No. 2 to post Seton Hall's first singles point. Gerka posted a 6-2, 6-2 decision at No. 6 over Murray while Zamot registered a 6-4, 6-3 victory at No. 4 over Morgan Flezzani.

The Wildcats will return to action on Saturday, April 9, when they host another conference opponent, Rutgers, at 12 p.m.

SETON HALL 6, VILLANOVA 1
Singles
1. Viviana Figueroa (SHU) def. Candice Carlin (VU), 3-6, 6-1, 10-5
2. Ebru Burduroglu (SHU) def. Courtney Flezzani (VU), 6-0, 6-0
3. Leighann Reilly (VU) def. Nadja Sein (SHU), 3-6, 6-4, 10-6
4. Lorell Zamot (SHU) def. Morgan Flezzani (VU), 6-4, 6-3
5. Jennifer Seide (SHU) def. Lindsey Puchyr (VU), 6-3, 6-4
6. Veronika Gerka (SHU) def. Zoe Murray (VU), 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
1. Figueroa/Gyurgina (SHU) def. Carlin/C. Flezzani (VU), 8-5
2. Burduroglu/Seide (SHU) def. M. Flezzani/Reed (VU), 8-3
3. Gerka/Zamot (SHU) def. Murray/Reilly (VU), 8-1