Feb. 27, 2011

Providence, R.I. - Stony Brook University's women's tennis team had its four-match winning streak snapped on Sunday, falling to No. 53 Brown, 6-1. Senior Gayatri Krishnan (Chennai, India) earned SBU's only point with a win at No. 5 singles.

Brown opened the match by winning two of the three doubles contests to earn the first point of the match. Sophomore Chloe Pike (Bristol, England) and junior Prerana Appineni (Hyderabad, India) won 8-6 at the No. 2 position.

But Brown then won five of the six singles matches to win the match. Krishnan cruised to victory at No. 5, 6-4, 6-3. Junior Katherine Hanson (Smithtown, N.Y.) lost 6-4 in the third at No. 4 singles.

The Seawolves return to action on Sunday, traveling to take on Yale.

#53 Brown 6, Stony Brook 1
Doubles
#1 - B. Aboubakare/Harrow (Brown) def. Charliquart/Hanson (Stony Brook) 8-1
#2 - Appineni/Pike (Stony Brook) def. Caldwell/Herzberg (Brown) 8-6
#3 - C. Aboubakare/Krasowski (Brown) def. Krishnan/Mehter (Stony Brook) 8-3

Singles
#1 - Misia Krasowski (Brown) def. Nini Lagvilava (Stony Brook) 6-0, 6-2
#2 - Bianca Aboubakare (Brown) def. Prerana Appineni (Stony Brook) 7-5, 6-1
#3 - Cassandra Herzberg (Brown) def. Aylin Mehter (Stony Brook) 6-2, 6-1
#4 - Jessica Harrow (Brown) def. Katherine Hanson (Stony Brook) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
#5 - Gayatri Krishnan (Stony Brook) def. Ariel Caldwell (Brown) 6-4, 6-3
#6 - Julie Flanzer (Brown) def. Chloe Pike (Stony Brook) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (4)