University of Connecticut Athletics
Women's Tennis Defeated by Rutgers, 5-2
3/29/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (March 29, 2005) - The University of Connecticut women's tennis team was defeated by Rutgers by a score of 5-2 on Tuesday afternoon in Piscataway, N.J. The Huskies drop to 0-3 against BIG EAST opponents and 2-8 overall this spring.
Senior Jen LoRusso (Shoreham, N.Y.) and sophomore Liz Dibbs (Allentown, Pa.) picked up the UConn points in singles play. LoRusso topped Anela Dujsic 7-6 (4), 6-2 at No. 2. Dibbs, at No. 5, then defeated Ketevan Shmakova, 6-4, 7-5 to register UConn's second point in the duel.
The senior duo of Whitney Simcik (Reading, Pa.) and Barbara Schumsky (West Hartford, Conn.) was the lone UConn team to win a doubles match. The two defeated Rutgers' Katrina Elder-Bush and Shmakova, 8-6.
Rutgers 5, Connecticut 2
Singles
1. Katrina Elder-Bush def. Whitney Simcik, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
2. Jen LoRusso def. Anela Dujsic, 7-6 (4), 6-2
3. Alina Balasa def. Barbara Schumsky, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
4. Helen Magomedova def. Christine Burek, 6-1, 6-1
5. Liz Dibbs def. Ketevan Shmakova, 6-4, 7-5
6. Lauren Edelschein def. Ashley Petruzzi, 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
1. Simcik/Schumsky def. Elder-Bush/Shmakova, 8-6
2. Dujsic/Balasa def. LoRusso/Burek, 8-3
3. Magomedova/Edelschein def. Dibbs/Petruzzi, 9-7
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