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GW Women's Tennis Drops Tight 4-3 Match to Old Dominion
Corba, Tyner Post Singles and Doubles Victories to Lead Colonials
Senior Jacqueline Corba won both her No. 2 singles and No. 3 doubles matches against Old Dominion on Saturday.
 
Senior Jacqueline Corba won both her No. 2 singles and No. 3 doubles matches against Old Dominion on Saturday.
  

Feb. 4, 2012

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NORFOLK, Va. – The George Washington women’s tennis team dropped a close 4-3 match to Old Dominion on Saturday morning at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center in Norfolk, Va., in a rescheduled match between the two squads.

The Colonials fall to 1-1 on the year while the Monarchs improve to 3-0. Seniors Jacqueline Corba and Meg Tyner paced the Buff and Blue with individual singles wins and a No. 3 doubles victory. 

In the No. 2 singles spot, Corba won a three-set match over ODU’s Melissa Esnal Olguin. Corba dropped the first set, 6-7 (3), before bouncing back to win the next two sets, 6-3, 6-3.

Tyner nearly blanked Fait Atiso in No. 6 singes play, winning by scores of 6-0, 6-1. The duo then paired up in No. 3 doubles play to defeat Juliana Pires and Atiso, 8-3.

Sophomore Leah Pascarella dropped the No. 1 singles match to Diana Ivanova, 7-5, 6-0, and junior Mimi Hamling fell 6-3, 6-2 to Pires at the No. 3 spot. In No. 4 singles action, sophomore Isabella Escobar fell to Aleksandra Mitrovska, 6-3, 6-4, and senior Zoe Krohn fell 7-5, 6-3 in the No. 5 match.

The duo of Pascarella and Escobar earned a 9-7 victory over Mitrovska and Khmolovska in No. 2 doubles. The No. 1 pair of Hamling and Krohn fell to Ivanova and Olguin, 8-2.

GW continues its road swing with matches at West Virginia and Drexel next Saturday and Sunday. Action in Morgantown, W. Va., is set for 1 p.m. on Feb. 11, followed by a 1 p.m. match in Philadelphia, Pa., on Feb. 12.


 

 

Old Dominion 4, George Washington 3
Singles
No. 1 –  Diana Ivanova (ODU) def. Leah Pascarella (GW) – 7-5, 6-0
No. 2 – Jacqueline Corba (GW) def. Melissa Esnal Olguin (ODU) – 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 – Juliana Pires (ODU) def. Mimi Hamling (GW) – 6-3 6-2
No. 4 – Aleksandra Mitrovska (ODU) def. Isabella Escobar (GW) – 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 – Nika Khmolovska (ODU) def. Zoe Krohn (GW) – 7-5, 6-3
No. 6 – Meg Tyner (GW) def. Faith Atiso (ODU) – 6-0, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 – Ivanova/Olguin (ODU) def. Hamling/Krohn (GW) – 8-2
No. 2 – Pascarella/Escobar (GW) def. Mitrovska/Khmolovska (ODU) – 9-7
No. 3 – Corba/Tyner (GW) def. Pires/Atiso (ODU) – 8-3

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