March 20, 2008

Fort Myers, Fla. - On its final day of action on a spring break trip to Florida, the Stony Brook women's tennis team ended its three days of play on a high note, defeating Coastal Carolina by a score of 4-2. Senior Victoria Vovsha (Forest Hills, N.Y.) and junior Erica Federgreen (Scottsdale, Ariz.) each picked up wins in singles and doubles action to help the Seawolves attain the victory.

For the second time on the trip Stony Brook came up with the doubles point, taking two of the three matches. The duo of Federgreen and sophomore Claudia Sanua (Bryanstron, South Africa) won their match at No. 1 with an 8-5 victory while the team of Vovsha and freshman Fanny Charliquart (Gueugnon, France) took the No. 3 match by an 8-4 score.

In singles play sophomore Paola Rodolfi (Asuncion, Paraguay) won her match at the No. 1 position in straight sets, downing Amy Pazahanick by a 6-1, 6-4 score. Vovsha also won in straight sets at the No. 6 spot, fighting off Fernanda Shalders, 6-0, 7-6. Coastal Carolina picked up the wins at Nos. 2 and 5, leaving the final decision of the match up to the results of the Nos. 3 and 4 contests. Playing at No. 4, Federgreen dropped her first set to Tina Petkova but stormed back to take the final two sets. She held her opponent to no wins in the final set, taking a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 decision that put the win into the books for the Seawolves.

Stony Brook will host its first home match of the spring season next week when Fordham will visit on Thursday, March 27 at 2:00 p.m.

Stony Brook 4, Coastal Carolina 2

Doubles

1. Sanua/Federgreen (SB) def. Pazahanick/Camberos; 8-5

2. Ahlberg/Webb (CC) def. Rodolfi/Wijeratne; 8-2

3. Vovsha/Charliquart (SB) def. Petkova/Shalders; 8-4

Singles

1. Paola Rodolfi (SB) def. Amy Pazahanick; 6-1, 6-4

2. Kim Webb (CC) def. Claudia Sanua; 6-2, 6-0

3. Sofie Ahlberg (CC) vs. Sandy Wijeratne; 6-7, 4-2 DNF

4. Erica Federgreen (SB) def. Tina Petkova; 2-6, 6-2, 6-0

5. Maria Camberos (CC) def. Fanny Charliquart; 7-5, 6-4

6. Victoria Vovsha (SB) def. Fernanda Shalders; 6-0, 7-6