George Washington University Athletics
George Washington University
MARYLAND-BALTIMORE COUNTY
Women's Tennis Falls To UMBC, 5-2
2/18/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 17, 2002
WASHINGTON, DC - The George Washington women's tennis team lost to Maryland-Baltimore County, 5-2, Sunday at GW's Mount Vernon Tennis Facility. The loss dropped GW's record to 2-3 in the spring while UMBC improved to 3-2.
After GW won the Nos. 1 and 2 doubles matches, the Retrievers dominated the singles matches winning all but the No. 3 match where Colonials sophomore Nazli Genscoy (Istanbul, Turkey/Lyree de Galatasaray) defeated UMBC's Tia Kaasalainen, 6-2, 6-2.
Both sophomore Lindy First (San Diego, CA/La Jolla) and junior Samantha Fisher (Greenwich, CT/Benjamin School) extended their singles matches to three sets at No. 1 and No. 5 before losing.
The Colonials were without their No. 4 singles player, freshman Sevla Gonca (Ankara, Turkey/Bilkent) who suffered a knee injury in practice last Tuesday.
Next up for the Colonials is a match against Howard, Friday, Feb. 22, beginning at 4:00 pm at the GW-Mount Vernon Tennis Facility.
SINGLES:
1. Anita Pushpanathan (UMBC) def. Lindy First (GW) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
2. Jana Karaskora (UMBC) def. Tracy Wei (GW) 6-0, 6-3
3. Nazli Gencsoy (GW) def. Tia Kaasalainen (UMBC) 6-2, 6-2
4. Lana Khvalina (UMBC) def. Natasha Bode (GW) 7-5, 6-1
5. Aimee Lim (UMBC) def. Samantha Fisher (GW) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
6. Kathryn Wheatley (UMBC) def. Katarina Stastny (GW) 6-2, 6-4
DOUBLES:
1. First/Wei (GW) def. Pushpanathan/Karaskora 8-4
2. Gencsoy/Stastny (GW) def. Kaasalainen/Khvalina 9-8
3. Lim/Wheatley (UMBC) def. Joe/Sunshine (GW) 8-5
