March 22, 2007

Washington, D.C. - The Georgetown women's tennis team lost a 7-0 match to Hampton today at the McDonough Tennis Complex. The Pirates slipped by to win the doubles point and went on to take a 6-0 sweep in the singles play.

The Hoyas fell behind when the Lady Pirates took two of three doubles matches to clinch the doubles point and a 1-0 edge heading into singles play. The lone doubles victory was credited to junior Stephanie Cohen (Fayetteville, N.Y./DeWitt) and sophomore partner Courtney Olsen (Englewood, Colo./Colorado Academy). They won an 8-1 decision at the second doubles position and remain undefeated.

In singles play, juniors Liz Winokur (West Palm Beach, Fla./Cardinal Newman) and Cohen forced their matches to third sets. However, both would lose close decisions - Cohen in a 7-5 third set and Winokur in a third-set super tiebreaker.

The Hoyas return to action tomorrow when they head to Norfolk, Va. for a 1 p.m. makeup match against Old Dominion. The Hoyas then head home for a Saturday BIG EAST Conference matchup when they host Rutgers at McDonough Tennis Complex. The match is slated for 11 a.m.

Hampton 7, Georgetown 0
Doubles:
1. Katerina Jiskrova/Jana Korycankova (Hampton) def. Liz Winokur/Adriann Gin (Georgetown) 8-4
2. Stephanie Cohen/Courtney Olsen (Georgetown) def. Elena Besedova/Viviane Costa (Hampton) 8-1
3. Syreeta Thompson/Kelli Young (Georgetown) def. Briana Kearney/Kelsey Darnell (Georgetown) 8-4

Singles:
1. Elena Besedova (Hampton) def. Courtney Olsen (Georgetown) 6-3, 6-0
2. Katerina Jiskova (Hampton) def. Stephanie Cohen (Georgetown) 7-5, 6-7(4), 7-5
3. Jana Korcycankova (Hampton) def. Liz Winokur (Georgetown) 5-7, 6-3, 11-9
4. Viviane Costa (Hampton) def. Adriann Gin (Georgetown) 6-3, 6-1
5. Syreeta Thompson (Hampton) def. Briana Kearney (Georgetown) 6-4, 6-3 *
6. Kelli Young (Hampton) def. Kelsey Darnell (Georgetown) 7-6(3), 6-1

* Indicates deciding match