March 26, 2009

Washington, D.C. - The Georgetown University women's tennis team defeated Towson University on Wednesday afternoon at the McDonough Tennis Complex, 4-3. Sophomore Lacey Herchek (Concord, Mass./Concord-Carlisle) won the deciding match, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4

Georgetown started the day taking the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 position, Maxi Thiels (Atlanta, Ga./The Lovett School) and Caroline Kuehn (Birmingham, Ala./Mountain Brook) defeated Caitlin White and Evelyn Izaquirre, 8-4 and Alex Sebia (Plains, Pa./Scranton Prep) teamed with Aileen Shea (Great Falls, Va./The Potomac School) to beat Lauren Cloonan and Aandria Carr, 8-6.

Kuehn and Sebia also won their matches in singles play. Kuehn defeated Carr, 6-1, 6-1, and Sebia knocked off Izaquirre, 6-1, 7-5. Herchek's match was the only three-set one of the afternoon and proved to be the most crucial. After taking the first set, 6-2, she fell behind and eventually lost the second set, 3-6. However, Herchek showed her fortitude with a third-set win, 6-4.

Georgetown 4, Towson 3

Doubles
Thiels/Kuehn (GU) def. White/Izagguire 8-4
Sebia/Shea (GU) def. Cloonan/Carr 8-6
K. Young/Davis def. Kearney/Herchek (GU) 8-5

Singles
White def. Shea (GU) 6-2, 6-1
Cloonan def. Thiels (GU) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
Kuehn (GU) def. Carr 6-1, 6-1
Sebia (GU) def. Izagguire 6-1. 7-5
K. Young def. Kearney (GU) 6-2, 6-2
Herchek (GU) def. Perez 6-2, 3-6, 6-4