Syracuse University
Rutgers
SU Women’s Tennis Loses To Rutgers, 4-3
3/30/2003 6:33:50 PM | Tennis
Syracuse’s No. 3 doubles tandem, junior Trine Lise Juliussen and freshman Wei-Ming Leong defeated Alina Balasa and Jill Markowitz, 8-5. At No. 2, senior Daniela Kaluskova and sophomore Kristine Bech Holte lost, 8-5, and at No. 1, seniors Shervin Saedinia and Masha Kabanova lost to Andrea Weckstein and Carissa Sommerland, 9-8 to give Rutgers the doubles point.
In singles, Kaluskova defeated Weckstein, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 1, and Kabanova won at No. 2 in three sets, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3. Holte won at No. 5 to give SU its third point, 4-6, 7-5, 10-5. The pivotal match turned out to be at No. 3, where Saedinia lost to Jennifer Hellier, 6-4, 4-6, 6-7. With her win at No. 2, Kabanova needs just two more wins to move into a tie for fifth place on SU’s career wins list. She currently has 147 victories in her career.
The Orangewomen (8-6, 4-2 BIG EAST) go out of conference for a home match against Yale on Saturday, April 5 at noon.
AGATE
Rutgers 4, Syracuse 3
Singles
No. 1: Daniela Kaluskova (SU) def. Andrea Weckstein (RU), 6-2, 6-3
No. 2: Masha Kabanova (SU) def. Carissa Sommerland (RU), 4-6, 7-6, 6-3
No. 3: Jennifer Hellier (RU) def. Shervin Saedinia (SU), 6-4, 4-6, 6-7
No. 4: Alina Balasa (RU) def. Trine Lise Juliussen (SU), 6-3, 6-1
No. 5: Kristine Bech Holte (SU) def. Ketevan Shmakova (RU), 4-6, 7-5, 10-5
No. 6: Jill Markowitz (RU) def. Jessica Schlosser (SU), 6-3, 7-5
Doubles
No. 1: Weckstein/Sommerland (RU) def. Kabanova/Saedinia (SU), 9-8
No. 2: Hellier/Shmakova (RU) def. Kaluskova/Holte (SU), 8-5
No. 3: Juliussen/Wei-Ming Leong (SU) def. Balasa/Markowitz (RU), 8-5
