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Women's Tennis Goes 1-1 On First Day of A-10 Championships
Beat La Salle 5-0, Fall to Massachusetts 4-1
Natasha Bode picked up two singles victories on the first day of the Atlantic 10 Championships.
 
Natasha Bode picked up two singles victories on the first day of the Atlantic 10 Championships.
  

April 17, 2003

COLLEGE PARK, MD - The GW Women's Tennis team started strong in the Atlantic 10 Championships on Thursday, April 17, beating La Salle 5-0, but they dropped their second round match to Massachusetts, 4-1, at the Tennis Center at College Park in College Park, MD.

In their first round match against La Salle, GW got singles victories from junior Lindy First (San Diego, CA/La Jolla), sophomore Natasha Bode (Paradise Valley, AZ/Xavier Prep), sophomore Sevla Gonca (Ankara, Turkey/Bilkent) and freshman Estee Bartell (San Diego, CA/Torrey Pines). They also swept doubles competition with wins by the teams of First and senior Tracy Wei (Marietta, GA/Walton Comprehensive), Bode and Bartell and Gonca and junior Nazli Gencsoy (Istanbul, Turkey/Lyree de Galatasaray).

The Colonials weren't so fortunate in their second match, dropping the contest to Massachusetts, 4-1. GW's lone point came from Natasha Bode at number four singles.

GW will challenge Duquesne in their next match on Friday, April 18 in the fifth place bracket at 1:00 p.m.

George Washington...5
La Salle...............0

Singles
1 - Nazli Gencsoy (GW) vs. Megan Donahue (LAS) - 3-6, 4-1 (DNF)
2 - Lindy First (GW) def. Cristina Stefan (LAS) - 6-0, 6-0
3 - Natasha Bode (GW) def. Denise Chambers (LAS) - 6-0, 6-2
4 - Sevla Gonca (GW) def. Dana Koch (LAS) - 6-1, 6-2
5 - Samantha Fisher (GW) vs. Courtney Tereszcuk (LAS) - 6-3, 1-0 (DNF)
6 - Estee Bartell (GW) def. Kristen Hess (LAS) - 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
1 - Tracy Wei/First (GW) vs. Donahue/Koch (LAS) - 7-4
2 - Bode/Bartell (GW) def. Chambers/Tereszcuk (LAS) - 8-2
3 - Genscoy/Gonca (GW) def. Hess/Stefan (LAS) - 8-3

Massachusetts.........4
George Washington...1

Singles
1- Jafra Depontes (UM) def. Tracy Wei (GW) - 6-3, 6-1
2 - Stephanie Price (UM) vs. Nazli Gencsoy (GW) - 7-6, 1-5 (DNF)
3 - Sasha Edelstein (UM) def. Lindy First (GW) - 6-0, 6-4
4 - Natasha Bode (GW) def. Camilla Knight (UM) - 6-2, 6-4
5 - Dorothy Iwanowicz (UM) vs. Sevla Gonca (GW) - 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (DNF)
6 - Susan Hyams (UM) def. Estee Bartell (GW) - 6-4, 6-2

Doubles
1 - Depontes/Price (UM) def. Wei/First (GW) - 8-4
2 - Iwanowicz/Edelstein (UM) def. Bode/Bartell (GW) - 8-4
3 - Genscoy/Gonca (GW) def. Hyams/Knight (UM) - 8-6


 

 

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