University of Connecticut Athletics
Women's Tennis Falls at Seton Hall, 6-1
3/28/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (March 28) -- Christine Burek was a winner at No. 2 singles but the University of Connecticut women's tennis team fell by a 6-1 score to Seton Hall on Tuesday afternoon at the Meadowlands Courts in South Orange, N.J. UConn dips to 4-9 this spring while the Pirates are now 7-5.
Seton Hall swept the three doubles matches to open play with the tightest coming at the second position where Jaclyn Shapiro and Jessica Porter battled to an 8-4 defeat. Burek was a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Slyvia Jaros in singles play but the Pirates swept the other five matches. Shapiro (No. 1) and Porter (No. 3) each pushed their opponents to a third set before falling.
The Huskies return to action on Saturday when they play host to Pittsburgh at 1:00 p.m.
Seton Hall 6, Connecticut 1 Singles No. 1 Viviana Figueroa (SH) def. Jaclyn Shapiro (UC), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 No. 2 Christine Burek (UC) def. Sylvia Jaros (SH), 6-2, 6-2 No. 3 Nadja Sein (SH) def. Jessica Porter (UC), 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 No. 4 Danielle Viola (SH) def. Elizabeth Dibbs (UC), 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 No. 5 Iva Gyurgina (SH) def. BreAnn Cheung (UC), 6-1, 7-6 (9-7) No. 6 Ebru Burduroglu (SH) def. Ashley Petruzzi (UC), 6-4, 6-1 Doubles No. 1 Figueroa/Sein (SH) def. Burek/Cheung (UC), 8-3 No. 2 Gyurgina/El-Tobgy (SH) def. Shapiro/Porter (UC), 8-4 No. 3 Jaros/Viola (SH) def. Alsion Koch/Dibbs (UC), 8-3
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