Feb. 6, 2012
Hanover, N.H. - Stony Brook University's women's tennis team opened its spring season by splitting a pair of matches over the weekend at Dartmouth College. SBU defeated Southern New Hampshire 7-0 on Sunday after falling to No. 57 Dartmouth on Saturday, 6-1.
The Seawolves (1-1) dropped just one set against Southern New Hampshire on Sunday as junior Nini Lagvilava (Tbilisi, Georgia) dropped just two games at No. 1 singles and freshman Polina Movchan (Kiev, Ukraine) lost just one game at No. 2 singles. Lagvilava and Movchan also teamed together for an 8-1 victory at No. 1 doubles.
Junior Chloe Pike (Bristol, England) coasted to a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 5 singles on Sunday against Southern New Hampshire. On Saturday against Dartmouth, Pike earned Stony Brook's only point of the match with a 7-5, 6-1 victory at No. 6 singles.
Stony Brook returns to action this weekend, traveling to take Army and Connecticut.
No. 57 Dartmouth 6, Stony Brook 1
Singles
1. Sarah Leonard (DC) def. #108 Nini Lagvilava (SBU) 6-1, 6-4
2. Akiko Okuda (DC) def. Katherine Hanson (SBU) 6-1, 6-1
3. Janet Liu (DC) def. Polina Movchan (SBU) 6-4, 7-6
4. Sabrina Stewart (DC) def. Prerana Appineni (SBU) 6-2, 6-0
5. Rachel Decker-Sadowski (DC) def. Salome Mkervalidze (SBU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Chloe Pike (SBU) def. Jeri Reichel (DC) 7-5, 6-1
Doubles
1. Okuda-Leonard (DC) def. Lagvilava/Appineni (SBU) 8-0
2. Liu-Decker-Sadowski (DC) def. Hanson/Pike (SBU) 8-4
3. Stewart-Reichel (DC) def. Movchan/Mkervalidze (SBU) 8-2
Stony Brook 7, Southern New Hampshire 0
Doubles
1. Lagvilava/Movchan (SBU) def. Alena Mukdaprakorn/Amanda Albuquerque (SNH) 8-1
2. Hanson/Mkervalidze (SBU) def. Diana Vamvakitis/Jamie Hann (SNH) 8-5
3. Appineni/Pike (SBU) def. Samantha Jean/Kirsten Jean (SNH) 8-1
Singles
1. #108 Nini Lagvilava (SBU) def. Alena Mukdaprakorn (SNH) 6-2, 6-0
2. Polina Movchan (SBU) def. Amanda Albuquerque (SNH) 6-1, 6-0
3. Katherine Hanson (SBU) def. Diana Vamvakitis (SNH) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
4. Prerana Appineni (SBU) def. Jamie Hann (SNH) 6-3, 6-1
5. Chloe Pike (SBU) def. Samantha Jean (SNH) 6-0, 6-0
6. Salome Mkervalidze (SBU) def. Kirsten Jean (SNH) 6-2, 6-0
