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 Senior Anastasia Skavronskaia won at No. 1 doubles and singles to help lead GW to a first-round win over Rhode Island Friday morning at the A-10 Championship. |
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Women's Tennis Blanks Rhode Island, 4-0, in First Round of A-10 Championship
April 21, 2006
MONROEVILLE, PA - The George Washington University women's tennis team blanked 11th-seeded Rhode Island, 4-0, in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Women's Tennis Championship Friday morning at Club 4 Life. The Colonials, seeded sixth out 14 schools, swept the doubles point and won 3-of-6 singles matches to secure the victory.
In doubles play, seniors Anastasia Skavronskaia (Miami, FL) and Sandra Simunic (Westerville, OH) won their fifth straight match at No. 1 to lead the Colonials' sweep.
Skavronskaia also led the way at No. 1 singles with an easy 6-0, 6-0 triumph, while Simunic also won in straight sets at No. 3 and junior Mara Frisch (Tucson, AZ) notched her second straight singles win at the sixth position. Singles matches at the Nos. 2, 4 and 5 positions went unfinished as the final outcome was already decided.
The Colonials (6-9) return to action Saturday morning at 8 a.m. when they face either No. 3 Xavier or No. 14 St. Bonaventure in the second round of the three-day tournament.
#6 GW 4 #11 Rhode Island 0Doubles
1. Skavronskaia/Simunic (GW) def. Fleming/Hedstrom (URI) - 8-0
2. Swenson/Stecko (GW) def. Sims/Chacon (URI) - 8-3
3. Jha/Frisch (GW) def. Conant/Reuschel (URI) - 8-5
Singles
1. Skavronskaia (GW) def. Chacon (URI) - 6-0, 6-0
2. Swenson (GW) vs. Fleming (URI) - 6-0, 2-3 (DNF)
3. Simunic (GW) def. Hedstrom (URI) - 6-1, 6-1
4. Stecko (GW) vs. Sims (URI) - 4-3 (DNF)
5. Jha (GW) vs. Lowenthal (URI) - 6-0, 4-1 (DNF)
6. Frisch (GW) def. Reuschel (URI) - 6-1, 6-1
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