April 28, 2007

The Stony Brook women's tennis team had its season draw to a close as the Seawolves fell to top-seeded Boston University in the semifinals of the America East Championship, 4-0.

Boston won 8-4 at No. 1 doubles and 8-0 at No. 3 doubles to rush out to an early 1-0 lead. The Terriers stayed on a roll as they won at No. 2 singles, No. 3 singles and No. 6 singles to clinch the match, 4-0. This is the second year in a row the Seawolves advanced to the America East semifinals and lost to Boston.

Singles (one team point for each win)
No. 2 Yana Sadovskaya (Boston U.) def. Claudia Sanua (Stony Brook) 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 Rebecca Row (Boston U.) def. Erica Federgreen (Stony Brook) 6-0, 6-3
No. 6 Danielle Abraham (Boston U.) def. Shaina Murugan (Stony Brook) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles (one team point for best two-of-three)
No. 1 Katims/Whu (Boston U.) def. Federgreen/Rodolfi 8-4
No. 3 Row/Sadovskaya (Boston U.) def. Vovsha/Caitlin Crowley (Stony Brook) 8-0
Others (did not finish due to team match decided)

No. 1 Erin Katims (Boston U.) led Paola Rodolfi (Stony Brook) 7-6, 1-0 DNF
No. 4 Francine Whu (Boston U.) led Brooke Flanigan (Stony Brook) 6-1, 4-2 DNF
No. 5 Cori Lefkowith (Boston U.) led Victoria Vovsha (Stony Brook) 6-2, 5-2 DNF
No. 2 Draganova/Corrao (Boston U.) led Flanigan/Sanua (Stony Brook) 5-3 DNF