Orange Defeats Seton Hall, 5-2

Friday, February 18

Syracuse, NY

4:30 p.m.

Syracuse University

Seton Hall

Wei-Ming Leong at wins at both No. 2 doubles and No. 6 singles against Seton Hall.

2/18/2005 8:19:32 PM | Tennis

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse tennis team defeated BIG EAST rival Seton Hall, 5-2, on Friday, Feb. 18 at Drumlins Tennis Center. The Orange is now 6-1, 2-0 in the BIG EAST Conference, while Seton Hall is 2-3, 0-1 in conference action.

SU was able to win the doubles point with victories at the top-two positions. Freshmen Victoria Vaynberg and Catherine Zawadzki defeated Viviana Figueroa and Iva Gyurgina, 8-4, at the No. 1 position, while junior Wei-Ming Leong and sophomore Katie Bramante won, 8-3, against Jennifer Seide and Nadja Sein in the two spot.

Vaynberg and Zawadzki had lost the first two games and were tied 4-4, before winning four-straight games for the win. Leong and Bramante were tied, 3-3, and won six-straight games in their victory.

The Orange quickly took a 3-0 advantage as Leong, playing in the six spot, defeated Gyurgina, 6-1, 6-1, and Vaynberg had a 6-3, 6-2 win against Figueroa in the No. 1 position.

Zawadzki, playing in the No. 2 position, captured the win for the Orange as she defeated Ebru Burduroglu, 6-4, 6-2. Seton Hall won the next two matches off the court, before Bramante completed the match with a 6-4, 7-5 win against Catalina Isaza at the No. 5 position.

The Orange travels to Rutgers on Sunday, Feb. 20 for a 10:00 a.m. match.

Syracuse 5, Seton Hall 2

Singles

1) Victoria Vaynberg (SU) def. Viviana Figueroa (SHU); 6-3, 6-2

2) Catherine Zawadzki (SU) def. Ebru Burduroglu (SHU); 6-4, 6-2

3) Nadja Sein (SHU) def. Ashley Lipton (SU); 7-5, 6-4

4) Lorell Zamot (SHU) def. Carolina Huignard (SU); 7-5, 6-2

5) Katie Bramante (SU) def. Catalina Isaza (SHU); 6-4, 7-5

6) Wei-Ming Leong (SU) def. Iva Gyurgina (SHU); 6-1, 6-1

Order of finish: 6, 1, 2, 4, 3, 5

Doubles

1) Vaynberg/Zawadzki (SU) def. Figueroa/Gyurgina (SHU); 8-4