Tennis
Tennis
Women's Tennis: Seton Hall 8, SCSU 1
WOMEN'S TENNIS: Huskies Fall to Division I Rival Seton Hall
Monday, March 16, 2009
Kelly Freese |
Orlando, FL.- The St. Cloud State University women’s tennis team suffered an 1-8 loss against NCAA Division 1 powerhouse Seton Hall University on March 13. The match was the final contest for the Huskies on their traditional spring break in Orlando. With the defeat the women move to 9-7 on the season and completed spring break with a record of 3-3.
The Huskies found a beam of shinning light in singles with a victory by Tanya Halloran at #6 with a score of 2-6, 6-4, (10-7).
The SCSU women also battled in closely contested matches during doubles competition. The #2 doubles team of Dawn Olsen and Kristie Eull narrowly missed a victory by a score of 7-9. At #3 doubles, the duo of Kayla Lenz and Samantha Boushek couldn’t overcome Seton Hall and lost by a score of 6-8.
The Huskies will have a short break and continue competition on March 16 against the University of Nebraska-Kearney. The match is slated to start at 2:30 with the women playing first and the men competing shortly after. The match will be played at the Gold’s Gym Tennis Center in Sartell. Complete match results against Seton Hall University are listed below:
St. Cloud State: 1
Seton Hall University: 8
Singles
1. Denise Liebschner (SHU) v. Jacque Doll (SCSU) 6-4, 6-2
2. Belfin Sunbul (SHU) v. Kelly Freeze (SCSU) 6-0, 6-2
3. Courtney Kilarski (SHU) v. Dawn Olsen (SCSU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Michelle Weerasinghe (SHU) v. Kayla Lenz (SCSU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Slavina Kaplanska (SHU) v. Samantha Boushek (SCSU) 6-3, 6-1
6. Tanya Halloran (SHU) v. Liza Chu (SHU) 2-6, 6-4, (10-7)
Doubles
1. Liebschner/Elizabeth Verow (SHU) v. Doll/Freeze (SCSU) 8-5
2. Kilarski/Weerasinghe (SHU) v. Olsen/Eull (SCSU) 9-7
3. Sunbul/Chu (SHU) v. Lenz/Boushek (SCSU) 8-6
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