Women's Tennis: WVU Loses a Pair
February 16, 2003 06:24 PM | General
February 16, 2003
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The West Virginia University women’s tennis team dropped a pair of BIG EAST Conference matches against Connecticut on Saturday, Feb. 15, and Syracuse on Sunday, Feb.16, at Drumlins Tennis Courts. The Mountaineers are now 1-4 overall and 1-3 in the BIG EAST.
WVU fell, 3-4, to the Huskies and Orangemen respectively.
In singles, freshmen Melissa Day and Raynie Theis each went 2-0 on the weekend while senior Anna Marie Underwood and junior Jenny Watkins went 2-0 in doubles.
“We are a young team but we battle hard,” said coach Dan Silverstein. “We know we have wins ahead of us. We had a tough weekend, but we gave a good effort.”
The Mountaineers return to action on Feb.21, when they travel to Alabama.
Connecticut 4, West Virginia 3
Singles
No. 1: Melissa Day (WVU) def. Whitney Simcik 2-6, 6-0, 6-1
No. 2: Trinell Russel def. Courtney Howell (WVU) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
No. 3: Barbara Schumsky def. Catherine Koontz (WVU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 4: Jen LoRusso def. Anna Underwood (WVU) 7-5, 7-5
No. 5: Jennifer Watkins (WVU) def. April Dixon 6-0,6-0
No. 6: Raynie Theis (WVU) def. Jessica Shea 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1: Simcik/ Russel def. Day/Theis (WVU) 8-5
No. 2: Underwood/Watkins (WVU) def. Connors/Dixon 8-2
No. 3: Schumsky/LoRusso def. Howell/Koontz (WVU) 8-5
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
