University of Connecticut Athletics
Women's Tennis Edges Georgetown, 4-3
3/18/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 18) -- Freshman Jaclyn Shapiro won her debut match at number one singles in three sets to give the University of Connecticut women's tennis team a 4-3 win over Georgetown on Saturday afternoon in Washington, D.C. The Huskies improve to 2-7 this spring with the win while the Hoyas fall to 0-3.
UConn took the doubles point to open the match and then claimed the overall victory when Shapiro forced a 3-3 singles split. In doubles, UConn took the point with wins at the No. 2 (Jessica Porter and Shapiro) and No. 3 (Elizabeth Dibbs and Alison Koch) positions.
Singles play say Georgetown claim victories at the No. 2-4 positions while the bottom two came through for UConn. BreAnn Cheung was a 6-1, 6-2 winner at No. 5 over Taylor Martin while Ashley Petruzzi took down Eileen Boyle, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 6. The match came down to Shapiro and Stephanie Cohen at No. 1 but Shapiro gutted out a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win that gave UConn it's first BIG EAST win of the year.
The Huskies return to action on Tuesday when they play host to Quinnipiac at 2:00 p.m.
Connecticut 4, Georgetown 3
Singles
No. 1 Jaclyn Shapiro (C) def. Stephanie Cohen (G), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
No. 2 Liz Winokur (G) def. Christine Burek (C), 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 Courtney Olsen (G) def. Jessica Porter (C), 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 Natalie Newman (G) def. Elizabeth Dibbs (C), 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 BreAnn Cheung (C) def. Taylor Martin (G), 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 Ashley Petruzzi (C) def. Eileen Boyle (G), 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 Adriann Gin/Cohen (G) def. Burek/Cheung (C), 9-7
No. 2 Shapiro/Porter (C) def. Martin/Newman (G), 8-0
No. 3 Dibbs/Alison Koch (C) def. Winokur/Boyle (G), 8-5
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