SU Tennis Faces Cornell, Georgetown in Weekend Dual Matches
2/15/2001 9:57:50 AM | Tennis
Friday’s match in Ithaca will take place at the Reis Tennis Center, while Sunday’s match is at the Drumlins Tennis Center on Nottingham Road. Syracuse is 2-1 this spring, winning its first two matches of the spring against Colgate (6-1 on January 31) and West Virginia (5-2 on February 9). Friday’s match is the first away match of the spring season, but the team’s second trip to Ithaca. SU competed in the Cornell Winter Tennis Classic February 2-4. The Orangewomen won one singles and one doubles flight at the tournament.
Sophomore Masha Kabanova (Moscow, Russia) won the Flight B Singles bracket the Cornell tournament. As the No. 1 seed, she won three consecutive matches to claim the crown. Kabanova leads the Orangewomen with 13 singles victories and has won a team-high 71.9 percent of her matches. She is 23-9 this year. Seniors Michelle Neveklovska (West Vancouver, British Columbia) and Zuzanna Borucka (Gdansk, Poland) won the first doubles flight at the tournament. The number-two seeded duo posted three wins en route to the win. The pair is Syracuse’s top doubles team with a 14-6 record. Neveklovska leads the team with 25 combined wins, including 11 singles victories. Borucka is tied for second with Kabanova with 23 wins.
Cornell is 3-2 this year, including its fall schedule. The Big Red have won both of their matches 7-0, defeating Colgate and St. Bonaventure Universities on January 27. They hosted their annual tournament in early February and have not competed since. Georgetown is 2-4 in 2000-01, losing both dual matches it has played this spring. The Hoyas lost to George Mason, 4-3, and Maryland, 7-0. They play American University Friday before coming to Syracuse.
