March 24, 2010

Providence, R.I. - Stony Brook University's women's tennis team fell to No. 63 Brown, 5-2, on Tuesday afternoon. Junior Gayatri Krishnan (Chennai, India) and freshman Aylin Mehter (Massapequa, N.Y.) won at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively.

Stony Brook nearly earned the doubles point as Mehter and sophomore Anna Pieschl (Gothenburg, Sweden) won at No. 2 after Brown had opened the match with a victory at No. 1. But the Seawolves lost at the No. 3 spot, 8-4, as Brown earned the first point of the match.

Brown then won the top three singles matches to secure the victory. Sophomore Prerana Appineni (Hyderabad, India) lost a close three-setter at No. 4 before Krishnan and Mehter won in straight sets.

The Seawolves return to action on Saturday, hosting Marist at 12 p.m.

#63 Brown 5, Stony Brook 2

Singles
#1 - Cassandra Herzberg (Brown) def. Paola Rodolfi (Stony Brook) 6-0, 6-1
#2 - Bianca Aboubakare (Brown) def. Nini Lagvilava (Stony Brook) 6-3, 6-1
#3 - Misia Krasowski (Brown) def. Anna Pieschl (Stony Brook) 7-6 (5), 6-1
#4 - Julie Flanzer (Brown) def. Prerana Appenini (Stony Brook) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (7)
#5 - Gayatri Krishnan (Stony Brook) def. Catherine Stewart (Brown) 6-1, 6-1
#6 - Aylin Mehter (Stony Brook) def. Marisa Schonfeld (Brown) 6-4, 6-4
Order of Finish: 1,2,3*,4,5,6

Doubles
#1 - B. Aboubakare/Herzberg (Brown) def. Appenini/Rodolfi (Stony Brook) 8-1
#2 - Mehter/Pieschl (Stony Brook) def. Flanzer/Krasowski (Brown) 8-5
#3 - Ellis/Schonfeld (Brown) def. Hanson/Krishnan (Stony Brook) 8-4
Order of Finish: 1,2,3