George Washington University

Oct. 7, 2011

FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Washington women’s tennis team won five singles matches and earned three doubles victories at the action-filled Mason Invitational Friday afternoon in Fairfax, Va. The Colonials competed in a battle of the Georges with host George Mason and cross-town rival Georgetown. 

Senior Jacqueline Corba nabbed GW’s first singles victory of the day with a 7-5, 7-5 win over George Mason’s Ashley Delaney. Junior Lorena Valente nearly swept the Patriots’ Ekaterina Desiatnikova by scores of 6-1, 6-0. Senior Meg Tyner followed suit with a 6-0, 6-0 downing of GMU’s Amber Peters. 

Sophomore Isabella Escobar earned a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Michelle Pratt from Georgetown, and Zoe Krohn held off the Hoyas’ Nora Montgomery 3-6, 6-1 (10-2) in a tiebreaker. 

In another tight tiebreaker, sophomore Julia Blakeley was edged by Georgetown’s Victoria Sekely by scores of 2-6, 6-1 (7-10). Junior Mimi Hamling also dropped a tiebreaker to the Hoyas’ Lauren Greco, 6-2, 4-6 (6-10). Sophomore Leah Pascarella fell to GU’s Sophie Panarese 4-6, 6-2 (4-10). 

In the first round of doubles action, Corba and Tyner dropped an 8-6 match to Georgetown’s Sekely and Madeline Jaeger, but rebounded to defeat the Hoyas’ teammates Montgomery and Pratt, 8-1. Escobar and Blakeley paired up to blank George Mason’s Tori Zalewski and Desiatnikova, 8-0. The duo then fell, 8-1, to Georgetown’s Sekely and Jaeger. 

Pascarella and Dorota Lysienia were edged in a tiebreaker by the Hoyas’ Greco and Panarese by a 9-8 (7-5) score. Krohn and Hamling closed out action with an 8-5 downing of Greco and Panarese. 

The Colonials return to action on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 2 p.m. The remainder of the Mason Invitational will be strictly doubles play. 
 

Singles:
Victoria Sekely (GU) def. Julia Blakeley (GW) 2-6, 6-1 (7-10)
Lauren Greco (GU) def. Mimi Hamling (GW) 6-2, 4-6 (6-10)
Sophie Panarese (GU) def. Leah Pascarella (GW) 4-6, 6-2, 4-10
Jacqueline Corba (GW) def. Ashley Delaney (GMU) 7-5, 7-5
Lorena Valente (GW) def. Ekaterina Desiatnikova (GMU) 6-1, 6-0
Meg Tyner (GW) def. Amber Peters (GMU) 6-0, 6-0
Isabella Escobar (GW) def. Michelle Pratt (GU) 6-1, 6-0
Zoe Krohn (GW) def. Nora Montgomery (GU) 3-6, 6-1 (10-2) 

Doubles:
Victoria Sekely/Madelina Jaeger (GU) def. Jacquelina Corba/Meg Tyner (GW) 8-6
Lauren Greco/Sophie Panarese (GU) def. Leah Pascarella/Dorota Lysienia 9-8 (7-5)
Isabella Escobar/Julia Blakeley (GW) def. Tori Zalewski/Ekaterina Desiatnikova (GMU) 8-0
Zoe Krohn/Mimi Hamling (GW) def. Lauren Greco/Sophie Panarese (GU) 8-5
Jacquelina Corba/Meg Tyner (GW) def. Nora Montgomery/Michelle Pratt (GU) 8-1
Victoria Sekely/Madelina Jaeger (GU) def. Isabella Escobar/Julia Blakeley (GW) 8-1