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Women's Tennis Drops a Squeaker to American, 4-3
Wei Breaks Into The Win Column In Singles
Sevla Gonca won in both singles and doubles versus American.
 
Sevla Gonca won in both singles and doubles versus American.
  

Feb. 22, 2003

WASHINGTON, DC - The GW Women's Tennis team lost a heartbreaker to American, 4-3, on Saturday, February 22, at the Tennis Center at College Park. The loss drops the Colonials to 1-3, while American evened their record at 1-1.

GW failed to take the doubles point, but junior Nazli Gencsoy (Istanbul, Turkey/Lyree de Galatasaray) teamed with sophomore Sevla Gonca (Ankara, Turkey/Bilkent) to win their match, 8-1.

In singles play, senior Tracy Wei (Marietta, GA/Walton Comprehensive) gained her first singles victory of the dual match season, beating Sasha Zerkalova at the number one position, 6-4, 6-3. Gonca secured her second win of the day at number four singles by eeking out a tough match against Kristina Georgieva, 6-3, 4-6, (10-4). Freshman Estee Bartell (San Diego, CA/Torrey Pines) continued her fine play so far this season by beating Brandi Kligman, 6-1, 6-0, at number six.

The Colonials will look to even their record this weekend when they face Army on Friday, February 28 at 4:00 p.m. and then Connecticut on Saturday, March 1 at 2:30 p.m. in West Point, NY.

Doubles
1. Georgieva/Kollarova (AU) def. Wei/Fisher (GW) 8-2
2. Zerkalova/Mikhailova (AU) def. Bode/Bartell (GW) 8-5
3. Genscoy/Gonca (GWU) def. Kligman/Retlev (AU) 8-1

Singles
1. Tracy Wei (GW) def. Sasha Zerkalova (AU) 6-4,6-3
2. Katarina Kollarova (AU) def. Nazli Gencsoy (GW) 6-2,6-1
3. Olia Mikhailova (AU) def. Natasha Bode (GW) 7-5,1-6, (10-4)
4. Sevla Gonca (GW) def. Kristina Georgieva (AU) 6-3,4-6, (10-4)
5. Ashley Retlev (AU) def. Samantha Fisher (GW) 4-6, 7-6(6),(10-8)
6. Estee Bartell (GW) def. Brandi Kligman (AU) 6-1,6-0

 

 

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