Syracuse University
Colgate
Syracuse Tennis Defeats Colgate, 6-1
1/29/2003 11:19:25 PM | Tennis
The Orangewomen started the night by winning the doubles point. Seniors Masha Kabanova and Shervin Saedinia defeated Lauren Erikson and Sheila Rao, 8-2, at No. 1 doubles. Colgate won the No. 3 doubles match, with Lindsey Suffredini and Jamie Maldow downing junior Daniela Kaluskova and Leong, 8-4. Sophomores Trine Lise Juliussen and Kristine Bech Holte clinched the point for SU with their 8-6 decision against Emily Wenink and Marissa Alikpala at No. 2 doubles.
Holte won her No. 5 singles match against Suffredini, 6-0, 6-2, and Juliussen won her match at No. 4 singles, 6-3, 6-2, against Sheila Rao, before Leong earned SU's winning point in her match. Kaluskova finished her No. 2 match a few minutes later with a 6-2, 6-3 win against Erikson.
Saedinia took her No. 3 opponent to a tie-breaker. Colgate's Maldow won the first set, 6-4, before Saedinia came back to win the second, 6-3. Saedinia then won the tie-breaker, 10-7. Kabanova wasn't as fortunate in her No. 1 singles match against Alikpala. She lost the tie-breaker, 10-5, after splitting the sets, 6-3, 6-7.
"Colgate pushed us really hard," said head coach Mac Gifford. "They're a good team. They really made us work."
The Orangewomen play in their final tournament of the regular season when they visit nearby Cornell, Friday, Jan. 31 through Sunday, Feb. 2.
AGATE
Syracuse 6, Colgate 1
Singles
No. 1: Marissa Alikpala (CU) def. Masha Kabanova (SU), 6-3, 6-7 (5)
No. 2: Daniela Kaluskova (SU) def. Lauren Erikson (CU), 6-2, 6-3
No. 3: Shervin Saedinia (SU) def. Jamie Maldow (CU), 4-6, 6-3 (7)
No. 4: Trine Lise Juliussen (SU) def. Sheila Rao (CU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 5: Kristine Bech Holte (SU) def. Lindsey Suffredini (CU), 6-0, 6-2
No. 6: Wei-Ming Leong (SU) def. Jessica Fede (CU), 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1: Kabanova/Saedinia (SU) def. Erikson/Rao (CU), 8-2
No. 2: Juliussen/Holte (SU) def. Wenink/Alikpala (CU), 8-6
No. 3: Suffredini/Maldow (CU) def. Kaluskova/Leong (SU), 8-4
