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Women's Tennis Fall to Howard, 5-2
Colonials Take Doubles Point but Drop Pivotal Singles Matches
Meg Tyner was the only Colonial to win her singles match against Howard on Sunday.
 
Meg Tyner was the only Colonial to win her singles match against Howard on Sunday.
  

March 28, 2010

WASHINGTON - The George Washington women's tennis team fell to 7-7 on the season when they were defeated 5-2 by Howard on Sunday.

The Colonials took the doubles point when No.1 duo Jacqueline Corba and Sasha Gluck won 8-5 and No. 3 pair Mimi Hamling and Jennifer Hirsh won 9-7.

But Meg Tyner was the only Colonial to win her singles match against Howard. Tyner battled to win the first set 7-5 and the second 6-4, at No. 5 singles.

Freshman Sarah Smith made her season debut at No. 6 singles for the Colonials, falling 6-3, 6-2.

The Colonials return home to host Atlantic 10 opponent Temple on Saturday, April 3, at the Mount Vernon Tennis Facility at 2 p.m., as the women's tennis team try to raise money for the GW Thinks Pink Initiative to raise awareness for breast cancer.

Howard 5, GW 2
Doubles
1. Jacqueline Corba / Sasha Gluck (GW) def Brittney Morgan/Alyssa Works (HU) 8-5
2. Michelle Brown/Ashley Moore (HU) def Dorota Lysienia / Meg Tyner (GW) 8-2
3. Mimi Hamling / Jennifer Hirsh (GW) def Michele Gee/Anne Ahkimien (HU) 9-7

Singles
1. Brittney Morgan (HU) def Jacqueline Corba (GW) 6-3 6-1
2. Michellle Brown (HU) def Mimi Hamling (GW) 6-0 6-1
3. Ashley Moore (HU) def Dorota Lysienia (GW) 6-3 6-0
4. Alyssa Works (HU) def Jennifer Hirsh (GW) 6-2 6-1
5. Meg Tyner (GW) def Michele Gee (HU) 7-5 6-4
6. Anne Ahkimien (HU) def Sarah Smith (GW) 6-3 6-2

 

 

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