April 2, 2010

WASHINGTON - The Georgetown University women's tennis squad dropped a match to the Syracuse University Orange (17-2, 6-0 BIG EAST) Friday afternoon at the McDonough Outdoor Tennis Complex. The Hoyas fell 6-1 despite a number of close matches. Georgetown is now 3-9 overall and 1-5 in BIG EAST play.

The Blue & Gray lost all three doubles matches, but the pair of Victoria Sekely (Mississaga, Ontario/Lorne Park Secondary School) and Elizabeth Sullivan (Potomac, Md./National Cathedral School) managed to make it close falling 8-3 at the No. 2 position.

In singles play, No. 2 Lauren Greco (Oakmont, Pa./Shady Side Academy) was the lone winner for the Hoyas defeating Emily Harman. Greco lost the first set 6-3, but rallied to win the second 6-3 and the tiebreaker 12-10. At No. 5 singles, Alex Sebia (Plains, Pa./Scranton Prep) lost two incredibly close sets to Simone Kalhorn 7-6 (6), 7-5.

The Hoyas will host Howard University in nonconference play on Tuesday at 2 p.m., at the McDonough Outdoor Tennis Complex.

Syracuse 6, Georgetown 1
Doubles
1. Harman/Sardinha (SU) def. Sebia/Greco (GU) 8-0
2. Parra/Peters (SU) def. Sekely/Sullivan (GU) 8-3
3. Kalhorn/Jones (SU) def. Landers/Harrison (GU) 8-2
Singles
1. Sardinha (SU) def. Sekely (GU) 6-0, 6-2
2. Greco (GU) def. Harman (SU) 3-6, 6-3 (12)
3. Peters (SU) def. Martin (GU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Parra (SU) def. Harrison (GU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Kalhorn (SU) def. Sebia (GU) 7-6 (6), 7-5
6. Tan (SU) def. Landers (GU) 6-0, 6-0