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Red Storm Tennis Serves Up A Win Against UMass
10/6/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 6, 2005
Queens, N.Y. - The St. John's women's tennis team defeated the University of Massachusetts 4-3 Wednesday afternoon on the Courts at St. John's. The win is a major victory for the Red Storm as it marks the first win for the Red Storm over UMass. St. John's improves to 2-0, BIG EAST 0-0 for the fall, while UMass takes its first loss 2-1, A-10 0-0.
"The girls were amazing," said head coach Allison Davidson. "Ana's 7-5 win pulled it together for the team. This was such a great win for us."
It was Mariana Chachua's (Tblisi, Georgia) come-from-behind win that gave the Red Storm the victory. At a set a piece, Chachua was down 2-5 in the third. She stormed back as the two switch sides to take five straight games. Chachua won 4-6, 7-6, 7-5 over UMass's Dorothy Iwanowicz.
UMass swept St. John's in all three doubles matches. Alison Adamski (Jamaica Estates, N.Y.) and Chachua fell to Susan Johnson and Dorothy Iwanowicz 8-3 in the first position. No. 2 doubles saw Nataly Tumsevica (Riga, Latvia) and Barbora Blahutiakova (Bratislova, Slovakia) fall to Michele Spiess and Masha Pozar 8-5. The win improves the duo's undefeated streak to 5-0. Lauren Lorenzetti (Northfield, N.J.) and Ashley Harper (Millica Hill, N.J.), who performed at No. 3, lost to Jana Bartoloni and Stephanie Giminez 8-2.
In other singles play, Tumsevica fell to Spiess 6-4, 1-6, 3-6 in the No. 1 position. Blahutiakova successfully defeated Pozar in three (2-6, 6-1, 7-5). Adamski topped Gimenez 6-3, 6-3 in the fourth position. Bartoloni took the No. 5 singles match against Lorenzetti 6-3, 6-0 and Harper won her No. 6 match against Susan Johnson 7-5, 7-5.
The Red Storm returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 8 and Sunday, Oct. 9 at the Fordham Invitational. The Red and White will face Akron University on Saturday at 10 a.m. and, in a double header, will play Long Island University at 10 a.m. and Fordham at 3 p.m on Sunday.
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