Feb. 26, 2012

Bethlehem, Pa. - The Stony Brook women's tennis team cruised to a pair of 7-0 wins over Lehigh and Albany over the weekend. The Seawolves finish the weekend at 4-2.

Junior Nini Lagvilava (Tbilisi, Georgia) won in straight sets at No. 1 singles in both matches and also combined with freshman Polina Movchan (Kiev, Ukraine) to go 2-0 at No. 1 doubles.

Movchan also won a pair of matches at No. 2 singles and did not drop a game against Albany. The Seawolves as a team did not drop a set against Lehigh.

Stony Brook returns to action on Sunday, traveling to take on Yale.

Stony Brook 7, Lehigh 0
Doubles
1. Lagvilava/Movchan (SBU) def. Bilimoria/Piscitelli (LU) 8-4
2. Hansen/Mkervalidze (SBU) def. Farrell/Larkin (LU) 8-4
3. Pike/Appineni (SBU) def. Sloand/Bruch (LU) 8-1

Singles
1. Nini Lagvilava (SBU) def. Jenai Bilimoria (LU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Polina Movchan (SBU) def. Abby Farrell (LU) 6-4, 6-3
3. Katherine Hanson (SBU) def. Liz Piscitelli (LU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Chloe Pike (SBU) def. Kathleen Larkin (LU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Prerana Appineni (SBU) def. Gabby Drucker (LU) 6-0, 6-1
6. Salome Mkervalidze (SBU) def. Molly Brooks (LU) 6-0, 6-2

Stony Brook 7, Albany 0
Doubles
1. Lagvilava/Movchan (SBU) def. Lopez/Gherman 8-3
2. Hansen/Mkervalidze (SBU) def. Scott/Kukkonen 8-2
3. Pike/Appineni (SBU) def. Brooks/Iannone 8-2

Singles
1. Nini Lagvilava (SBU) def. Lopez 6-2, 6-2
2. Polina Movchan (SBU) def. Scott 6-0, 6-0
3. Katherine Hanson (SBU) def. Gherman 6-2, 6-1
4. Chloe Pike (SBU) def. Kukkomen 6-7 (4), 6-2, 10-5
5. Prerana Appineni (SBU) def. Brooks 6-1, 6-1
6. Salome Mkervalidze (SBU) def. Iannone 6-4, 6-2