April 30, 2010

New Haven, Conn. - The No. 3 Stony Brook University women's tennis team advanced to the semifinals of the 2010 America East Tennis Championships on Friday morning with a 4-0 victory over the No. 6 Hartford Hawks. The Seawolves will now take on No. 2 Boston University on Saturday at 1 p.m.

The Seawolves opened the match by easily earning the doubles point. Sophomore Anna Pieschl (Gothenburg, Sweden) and junior Fanny Charliquart (Gueugnon, France) won 8-0 on No. 2 and sophomore Katherine Hanson (Smithtown, N.Y.) and Salome Mkervalidze (Brewster, N.Y.) also won 8-0 at No. 3.

SBU coasted in singles play as well as senior Paola Rodolifi (Asuncion, Paraguay) and junior Gayatri Krishnan (Chennai, India) each won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 and No. 4, respectively, to give the Seawolves a 3-0 lead. Pieschl also won without losing a game at No. 2 to secure the victory for the Seawolves.

Stony Brook 4, Hartford 0
Singles
1. Nini Lagvilava led Livia Blasque DNF 6-1, 3-0
2. Anna Pieschl d. Margaret Sabatino 6-0, 6-0
3. Prerana Appineni led Nicole Haynal DNF 6-0, 5-0 (40-love)
4. Paola Rodolfi d. Amanda Epstein 6-0, 6-0
5. Aylin Mehter led Kaitlin Lennon 6-0, 5-0 (15-all)
6. Gayatri Krishnan d. Margaret Potkay 6-0, 6-0

Order of finish for singles: 4, 6, 2

Doubles
1. Prerana Appineni/Paola Rodolfi led Livia Blasque/Margaret Sabatino DNF 3-2
2. Anna Pieschl/Fanny Charliquart d. Nicole Haynal/Kaitlin Lennon 8-0
3. Katherine Hanson/Salome Mkervalidze d. Emily Menafra/Emily Willhoft 8-0