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Women's Tennis Loses Close Match To BU 4-3
April 09, 2009 | Women's Tennis
April 9, 2009
Chestnut Hill, Mass. - The Boston College women's tennis team lost a close 4-3 match to Boston University on Thursday afternoon.
The Terriers captured the doubles point taking two matches to BC's one.
In singles play the two teams split with each picking up three matches. BU picked up their three points from the No. 1-3 singles matches. Senior Lana Krasnopolsky and sophomore Katharine Attwell each dropped their first set and rallied in the second before finally falling the their opponents in the third. The Eagles picked up their three wins in the No. 4-6 singles positions, with seniors Alina Sullivan and Dasha Cherkasov and junior Brittany Delaney all recording victories. Sullivan and Cherkasove took their opponents to three sets and Delaney retired her opponent after two sets. The Eagles close out their regular season on Saturday with an ACC match-up against Florida State and a celebration of their five senior athletes.
Order of finish: Doubles: 2, 3, 1
#1 Francine Whu/ Stefanie Nunic def. Dasha Cherkasov/Lauren Cash: 8-4 #2 Alina Sullivan/Katarina Gajic def.Petra Santini/Elizabeth Corrao:8-3 #3 Danielle Abraham/Cori Lefkowith def.Lana Krasnopolsky/Katharine Attwell: 8-5
Singles: 2, 1, 4, 6, 3, 5
#1 Stefanie Nunic def. Lana Krasnopolsky:6-0,2-6,6-2 #2 Francine Whu def. Katarina Gajic: 6-3,6-2 #3 Petra Santini def. Katharine Attwell:6-4,4-6,6-2 #4 Alina Sullivan def. Cori Lefkowith: 6-3,0-6,6-1 #5 Brittany Delaney def.Elizabeth Corrao: 3-6,5-2 (retired) #6 Dasha Cherkasov def. Yana Sadovskaya: 6-1,5-7,6-0
