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Women's Tennis Trumped at Old Dominion in Season Opener
Feb. 2, 2006
NEWPORT NEWS, VA - The George Washington University women's tennis team fell to Old Dominion, 7-0, Wednesday afternoon in its spring season opener at the Center Court Racket Club.
The Monarchs swept the doubles point to lead 1-0 early on as they captured matches at the first and third positions by scores of 8-1, respectively, while winning at No. 2 by a margin of 8-4.
In singles play, ODU continued its winning ways by sweeping all six matches, including five in straight sets. Sophomore Tracy Stecko (Lake Forest, IL) captured the first set, 6-4, against Fernanda Luiz at No. 3, but lost 6-0 in the second set and 1-0 (10-2) in the third-set tiebreak.
The Colonials return to action when they host Maryland-Baltimore County on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 1 p.m. at Montclair Country Club.
ODU 7, GW 0 Doubles 1. Haarhoff/Luiz def. SKAVRONSKAIA/WOODARD (GW), 8-1 2. Endlich/Garder def. SWENSON/STECKO (GW), 8-4 3. Costa/Kerner def. JHA/FRISCH (GW), 8-1Singles 1. Charleen Haarhoff def Anastasia Skavronskaia (GW), 6-3, 6-2 2. Barbara Costa def Kendall Swenson (GW), 6-3, 6-2 3. Fernanda Luiz def Tracy Stecko (GW), 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-2) 4. Larissa Santos def Madhuri Jha (GW), 6-2, 6-4 5. Barbara Kerner def Mara Frisch (GW), 6-1, 6-3 6. Linda Garder def Leah Woodard (GW), 6-1, 6-2
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