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Women's Tennis Finishes Fordham, 6-1
3/11/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 9, 2002
WASHINGTON, DC - The George Washington women's tennis team defeated Atlantic 10 opponent, Fordham, 6-1, Saturday at the GW-Mount Vernon Tennis Facility. The victory evened GW's record at 5-5 in the spring.
After the Colonials swept the doubles matches, Fordham's Ioana Dragan upended Nazli Genscoy (Istanbul, Turkey/Lyree de Galatasaray) at No. 1 singles for GW's only setback of the match. Genscoy had to withdraw after suffering an injury.
The Colonials had to play without their No. 4 singles player, freshman Sevla Gonca (Ankara, Turkey/Bilkent), who is working her way back from an injury and is expected to return to the lineup later this month.
Both sophomores Lindy First (San Diego, CA/La Jolla) and Tracy Wei (Marietta, GA/Walton) won at Nos. 2 and 3 singles as did Katarina Stastny (St. Louis, MO/St. Joseph's Academy) at No. 4 and Bode at No. 5.
The Colonials' Samantha Fisher (Greenwich, CT/Benjamin School) and Natasha Bode (Paradise Valley, AZ/Xavier Prep) teamed to win the No. 3 doubles match, 8-3. Fisher and Bode also were victorious at Nos. 5 and 6 singles, respectively.
Next up for the Colonials is a match against Toledo, Wednesday, March 13, beginning at 4 p.m. at the GW-Mount Vernon Tennis Facility.
GW 6, Fordham 1
Singles:
1. Ioana Dragan (F) def. Nazli Gencsoy (GW) 2-6, 1-2, withdraw (injury)
2. Tracy Wei (GW) def. Xer Li Woo (F) 6-2, 6-0
3. Lindy First (GW) def. Morgan Brinley (F) 6-0, 6-0
4. Katarina Stastny (GW) def. Emily Najour (F) 6-2, 6-1
5. Samantha Fisher (GW def. Christine Leavenworth (F) 6-1, 6-1
6. Natasha Bode (GW) def. Alexandra Cazangiu (F) 6-1 (7-2)
Doubles:
1. First/Wei (GW) def. Dragan/Leavenworth (F) 8-0
2. Gencsoy/Stastny (GW) def. Brinley/Najour (F) 8-1
3. Bode/Fisher (GW) def. Woo/Cazangiu (F) 8-3
