March 15, 2011

West Point, N.Y. - Stony Brook University's women's tennis team won five of six singles matches on its to way to 5-2 victory over Northern Iowa. The win snapped a two-match losing streak.

UNI opened by taking two of the three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. Junior Prerana Appineni (Hyderabad, India) and sophomore Aylin Mehter (Massapequa, N.Y.) won 8-5 at No. 2 doubles.

But the Seawolves then dominated in singles play. Senior Gayatri Krishnan (Chennai, India) dropped just two games at the No. 5 spot, while Mehter lost only three games at No. 3.

Lagvilava won the crucial match at No. 1, rallying for a three-set victory. Appineni also won in three sets at No. 2.

The Seawolves will now be off until March 29 when they will take on Fairleigh Dickinson.

Stony Brook 5, Northern Iowa 2
Singles
1. Lagvilava (SBU) def. Walker (UNI) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
2. Appineni (SBU) def. Gonzalez-Garrido (UNI) 7-5, 3-6 (10-6)
3. Mehter (SBU) def. Okicki (UNI) 6-1, 6-2
4. Kunzelmann (UNI) def. Hanson (SBU) 6-2, 7-5
5. Krishnam (SBU) def. Moore (UNI) 6-1, 6-1
6. Charliquart (SBU) def. Lankelma (UNI) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles
1. Walker/Gonzalez-Garrido(UNI) def. Charliquart/Hanson (SBU) 8-4
2. Appineni/Mehter (SBU) def. Kunzelmann/Lankelma (UNI) 8-5
3. Okicki/Moore (UNI) def. Krishnam/Pike 8-3