April 6, 2006

Washington, D.C. - The Georgetown women's tennis team defeated American University on Wednesday, April 5 at the American Outdoor Tennis Courts. This win gives the Hoyas back-to-back victories over local rivals as they defeated Howard on Tuesday, April 4. The Hoyas improve to 4-7 on the season.

Freshman Courtney Olsen (Englewood, Colo./Colorado Academy) won her third singles match with a decisive 6-1, 6-2 victory at the third singles position. Olsen also won her doubles match with senior Charlotte Guy (Pasadena, Calif./Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy) at the second doubles postion.

The duo of sophomores Liz Winokur (West Palm Beach, Fla./Cardinal Newman) and Stephanie Cohen (Fayetteville, N.Y./DeWitt) remain undefeated as they took an 8-5 decision at the first doubles flight.

Junior Eileen Boyle (Burr Ridge, Ill./St. Ignatius Prep) clinched the match for the Hoyas as GU had already garnered the doubles point and junior Nora Gardner (Greenwich, Conn./Deerfield Academy) and won their matches at three and six singles, respectively.

The Hoyas return to the court Saturday, April 8 when they travel to Rutgers for a 1 p.m. match.

Georgetown 4, American 3
Singles:
1. Julia Colarusso (American) def. Liz Winokur (Georgetown), 6-2, 6-2
2. Malvina DeLaCanal (American) def. Stephanie Cohen (Georgetown), 6-3, 6-3
3. Courtney Olsen (Georgetown) def. Ali Harrison (American), 6-1, 6-2
4. Eileen Boyle (Georgetown) def. Merrisa Hollinger (American), 6-2, 6-0
5. Brandi Kligman (American) def. Charlotte Guy (Georgetown), 6-1, 6-3
6. Nora Gardner (Georgetown) def. Alison Schmidt (American), 6-1, 6-0

Doubles:
1. Winokur/Cohen (Georgetown) def. Colarusso/DeLaCanal (American), 8-5
2. Olsen/Guy (Georgetown) def. Hollinger/Kligman (American), 8-4
3. Lauren Bakios/Boyle (Georgetown) def. Harrison/Schmidt (American), 8-4