Seton Hall Tennis Defeats Navy, 4-3
3/1/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
ANNAPOLIS, M.D.- After a hard fought match, the Seton Hall tennis team was able to overpower Navy 4-3, making this their third straight win of the season.
Senior Denise Liebschner (Weinboehla, Germany), has overcome her muscle strain injury from a few weeks ago and is continuing to be victorious in her matches. Liebschner won her match in straight sets against Decquir 6-4, 6-4.
Freshman Karina Cordero (Maracay Estado Aragua, Venezuela) powered past Dyuti Das 6-4,6-3 in No. 4 singles. Cordero earned her third victory of the spring season. Sophomore Michelle Weerasinghe (Edina, Minn.) improves her record to 3-3 during the spring season defeating Natalie Houle, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 5 singles.
Junior Slavina Kaplanska (Sofia, Bulgaria) continues to play in the No. 6 spot, replacing Kilarski with an injury. Kaplanska fought hard, winning her second set. Unfortunately she fell short to Lindsay Olsen 6-3, 0-6, 6-4.
The Pirates powered past Navy in doubles competition, winning all three doubles matches. The closest match was No.1 doubles, Liebschner/Sunbul; luckily they were able to overcome the hard fought competition of Decquir/Das and win 8-5.
Seton Hall Women's Tennis will try to achieve their fourth straight win, as they travel to Miami, Fla. on March 9th to compete against St. Thomas.
Seton Hall 4, Navy 3
Singles
1. Denise Liebschner (SHU) def. Emani Decquir (NAVY) - 6-4, 6-4
2. Britney Boucher (NAVY) def. Elizabeth Verow (SHU) - 6-3, 7-6(6)
3. Stefanie Ton (NAVY) def. Belfin Sunbul (SHU) - 6-3, 7-5
4. Karina Cordero (SHU) def. Dyuti Das (NAVY) - 6-4, 6-3
5. Michelle Weerasinghe (SHU) def. Natalie Houle (NAVY) - 6-2, 6-0
6. Lindsay Olsen (NAVY) def. Slavina Kaplanska (SHU) - 6-3, 0-6, 6-4
Doubles
1. Sunbul/Liebschner (SHU) def. Decquir/Das (NAVY) - 8-5
2. Kilarski/Verow (SHU) def. Boucher/Ton (NAVY) - 8-4
3. Weerasinghe/Cordero (SHU) def. Dias/Olsen (NAVY) - 8-4
