April 26, 2008

New Haven, Conn. - Stony Brook's women's tennis saw its season come to a close yesterday when top-seeded Boston University handed fourth-seeded Stony Brook a 4-0 setback in a semifinal match at the America East Conference Championships.

Stony Brook's No. 2 doubles team of senior Sandy Wijeratne (Melbourne, Australia) and sophomore Paola Rodolfi (Asuncion, Paraguay) picked up a win, taking an 8-4 win over Danielle Abraham and Cori Lefkowith. But Boston University took the other two doubles matches by identical 8-2 scores to win the first point of the match.

Things did not go Stony Brook's way in singles play, where Boston University won the matches at Nos. 1, 3 and 6 before the Seawolves could put a point on the board. The closest of the three matches that were finished was at No. 6 where senior Victoria Vovsha (Forest Hills, N.Y.) dropped a 6-4, 6-1 decision to Abraham. Wijeratne was up a set in her match at No. 3 with Yana Sadovskaya and sophomore Claudia Sanua (Bryanston, South Africa) was also in a close one at No. 2 against Vanessa Steiner, but with the outcome of the match already decided, their contests were not finished.

Boston Univ. 4, Stony Brook 0

Doubles

1. Whu/Steiner (BU) def. Sanua/Federgreen; 8-2

2. Rodolfi/Wijeratne (SB) def. Abraham/Lefkowith; 8-4

3. Sadoovskaya/Laura Stiekema (BU) def. Charlequart/Vosha; 8-2

Singles

1. Francine Whu (BU) def. Paola Rodolfi; 6-1, 6-0

2. Vanessa Steiner (BU) vs. Claudia Sanua; 6-1, 4-5 (DNF)

3. Sandy Wijeratne (SB) vs. Yana Sadovskaya; 6-0, 4-2 (DNF)

4. Cori Lefkowith (BU) def. Fanny Charliquart; 6-2, 6-1

5. Elizabeth Corrao (BU) vs. Erica Federgreen; 7-6, 5-0 (DNF)

6. Danielle Abraham (BU) def. Victoria Vovsha; 6-4, 6-1