Syracuse University
West Virginia
Syracuse Tennis Edges West Virginia, 4-3
2/16/2003 4:08:21 PM | Tennis
Wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles set up the Syracuse victory. Seniors Masha Kabanova and Shervin Saedinia defeated Melissa Day and Raynie Theis, 8-4, at No. 1. The other SU victory was earned by juniors Daniela Kaluskova and Jessica Schlosser, 8-2, against Courtney Howell and Catherine Koontz.
It took five singles matches for SU to clinch the victory. At No. 4, junior Trine Lise Juliussen retired from her match down 2-5 after suffering an ankle injury, giving the Mountaineers their first point. Saedinia put the Orangewomen back up with her No. 3 victory, 6-2, 6-2, but WVU tied it again when Theis defeated Schlosser, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 6. Kaluskova and Holte, at No. 2 and No. 5, respectively, clinched the win with their victories.
Syracuse head south for their next two matches. The Orangewomen will take on American on Feb. 22 at 11:00 a.m., then will look to extend their league winning streak at Georgetown on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.
AGATE
Syracuse 4, West Virginia 3
Singles
No. 1: Melissa Day (WVU) def. Masha Kabanova (SU), 2-6, 7-6(8)
No. 2: Daniela Kaluskova (SU) def. Courtney Howell (WVU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 3: Shervin Saedinia (SU) def. Catherine Koontz (WVU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 4: Anna Marie Underwood (WVU) def. Trine Lise Juliussen (SU), ret. (inj.), 5-2
No. 5: Kristine Bech Holte (SU) def. Jennifer Watkins (WVU), 6-4, 6-4
No. 6: Raynie Theis (WVU) def. Jessica Schlosser (SU), 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1: Kabanova/Saedinia (SU) def. Day/Theis (WVU), 8-4
No. 2: Underwood/Watkins (WVU) def. Holte/Juliussen (SU), 8-4
No. 3: Kaluskova/Schlosser (SU) def. Howell/Koontz (WVU), 8-2
