Women's Tennis Falls at ETSU, 5-2

Friday, March 12, 2004

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - The East Tennessee State women's tennis team picked up a 5-2 win in a home contest against Campbell University Friday afternoon. With the win, the Bucs improved to 9-6 overall, 1-0 in SoCon, while the Camels record drops to 7-3 overall.

The Bucs took the lead by sweeping all three doubles matches to win the doubles point.

Sylwia Ziolkowska and Mariya Ilyina played at the No. 1 slot winning 8-5 in the contest against Campbell's Carmen Linder and Pascale Veraverbeke. At No. 2 ETSU's Courtney McInnis and Jewel Aldea defeated Georgiana Marta and Iva Stojancev 8-6, while Gemma Halim and Jessica Irey went 8-1 in the No. 3 slot against Stacey Batkiewicz and Colen Gore.

In singles play, ETSU furthered their lead with a win from Ilyina at No. 5. Ilyina won 6-3, 7-6 (5) over Veraverbeke. However, Campbell tied up the score 2-2 with wins from Linder in the No. 1 slot (6-0, 7-6 (6)) and Marta playing at No. 3 (6-3, 6-4).

ETSU claimed the last three points of the match with wins from Ziolkowska at No. 2 (6-3, 7-6 (5)), Irey at No. 4 (6-1, 3-6, 6-4), and Aldea at No. 6 (4-6, 7-5 (11-9)).

The Camels will jump back into action on Saturday as they face Tennessee Tech in Johnson City.

ETSU 5, Campbell 2

Doubles:

1. Sylwia Ziolkowska/Mariya Ilyina (ETSU) def. Carmen Linder/Pascale Veraverbeke (CU) 8-5

2. Courtney McInnis/Jewel Aldea (ETSU) def. Georgiana Marta/Iva Stojancev (CU) 8-6

3. Gemma Halim/Jessica Irey (ETSU) def. Stacey Batkiewicz/Colen Gore (CU) 8-1

Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles:

1. Carmen Linder (CU) def. Courtney McInnis (ETSU) 6-0, 7-6 (6)

2. Sylwia Ziolkowska (ETSU) def. Pascale Veraverbeke (CU) 6-3, 7-6 (5)

3. Georgiana Marta (CU) def. Gemma Halim (ETSU) 6-3, 6-4

4. Jessica Irey (ETSU) def. Iva Stojancev (CU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4