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Fairleigh Dickinson
St. John's Women's Tennis Defeats FDU, 6-1
2/10/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 10, 2009
QUEENS, N.Y. - The St. John's women's tennis team defeated the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights, 6-1, Tuesday afternoon in the Red Storm's first home match of the season at the Alley Pond Tennis Center. With the victory, STJ improves to 1-2 overall, while FDU falls to 0-4.
The Red Storm got off to a strong start, opening the match with a straight sweep of doubles play to earn the early point. The duo of senior Gabija Gasiunaite and freshman Alyssa Liantonio earned the match's first win at the No. 3 spot with an 8-3 triumph over FDU's Jinny DeCarlos and Tina Martine. Freshmen Ece Firat and Joanna Zwirbulis won their second-straight doubles match with an 8-3 win at No. 2, while at the top spot, freshman Nakita Austin and sophomore Jenny Yonkus fought back to claim their match 9-8 after an 8-6 tie-breaker win.
In singles, three STJ wins were decided in straight sets, with Zwirbulis victorious, 6-2, 6-0, at the No. 4 spot and Austin and Yonkus both picking up convincing 6-0, 6-0 wins at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively. In the top spot, Ksenia Mikhaylova held on for a three-set victory over FDU's Julia Prantl, 6-3, 3-6 and 10-3 in the tiebreaker. At No. 3, Firat bounced back after losing a grueling first set to defeat the Knight's Ksenia Chernyshova, 6-7(8-6), 6-1, 10-8.
St. John's returns to action on Friday, Feb. 13, when the squad travels to West Point, N.Y., to take on the Army Black Knights. Doubles competition is set to begin at 5 p.m. at Army's Lichtenberg Tennis Center.
St. John's 6, Fairleigh Dickinson 1
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Alley Pond Tennis Center - Queens, N.Y.
Doubles 1. Nakita Austin / Jenny Yonkus (STJ) def. Julia Prantl/Ksenia Chernyshova (FDU), 9-8 (8-6)
2. Ece Firat / Joanna Zwirbulis (STJ) def. Julija Korshunova/Jessica DeCarlos (FDU), 8-3
3. Gabija Gasiunaite / Alyssa Liantonio (STJ) def. Jinny DeCarlos/Tina Martine (FDU), 8-3
St. John's wins the doubles point and leads the match 1-0.
Singles
1. Ksenia Mikhaylova (STJ) vs. Julia Prantl (FDU), 6-3, 3-6, 10-3
2. Julija Korshunova (FDU) def. Ira Aleksova (STJ), 6-1, 6-1
3. Ece Firat (STJ) vs. Ksenia Chernyshova (FDU), 6-7(8-6), 6-1, 10-8
4. Joanna Zwirbulis (STJ) vs. Jessica DeCarlos (FDU), 6-2, 6-0
5. Nakita Austin (STJ) vs. Jinny DeCarlos (FDU), 6-0, 6-0
6. Jenny Yonkus (STJ) vs. Tina Martine (FDU), 6-0, 6-0
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