March 4, 2007
Shorewomen Split Two Matches
Washington Falls to NYU, Tops Salisbury

SALISBURY, MD -- The Washington College women's tennis team split a pair of matches at Salisbury University today. The Shorewomen (1-2), ranked ninth in the Atlantic South, fell to New York University, ranked 14th in the Northeast, 8-1, in their first match of the day, but bounced back to defeat Salisbury, the 10th-ranked team in the Atlantic South, 6-3, in their second match.

Junior Allison Daciek (Severna Park, MD/Severna Park) accounted for the Shorewomen's only point against NYU by defeating Stephanie Tu, 6-4, 6-2, at No. 1 singles. Washington dropped two doubles matches that went into a tie-breaker set as Daciek and freshman Kellie Foster (Lothian, MD/St. Mary's) fell to Holly Smith and Meggie Smith, 9-8(6), at No. 1, while sophomore Kristen Hossick (Ashton, MD/Mount de Sales Academy) and freshman Sarah Macht (Hagerstown, MD/North Hagerstown) lost to Jaclyn Manning and Bianca Nicoletti, 9-8(0), a No. 2.

The Shorewomen won all three doubles matches against their Eastern Shore rival Salisbury to take a 3-0 lead. Daciek and Foster topped Erika Mitry and Jenny Rosler, 8-5, at No. 1, Hossick and Macht defeated Hannah Parsons and Anne Marie Kable, 8-2, at No. 2, and sophomore Lydia Bull (Berkeley Heights, NJ/Kent Place School) and freshman Carrie Palmer (Dallas, TX/Greenhill School) downed Kelly Fahrner and Rachel Iosue, 9-8(3), at No. 3.

Washington added another three wins in singles to post its 6-3 win over Salisbury. Daciek defeated Mitry, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 1, while Hossick, ranked 44th in singles in the Atlantic South, bested Rosler, 6-1, 6-2. Junior Ryoko Sawada (Kushiro, Japan/Kushiro Koryo) added a 3-6, 6-4, 11-9 win over Iosue at No. 5.

"This weekend was really good preparation for next weekend (and the Shorewomen's matches against nationally-ranked Washington and Lee and Division II Shepherd Saturday)," remarked head coach Constantine Ananiadis. "It was good to get a win. We knew we were getting better, but there's nothing like win to build confidence."

The Shorewomen return to action Saturday with two road matches. They will play at Washington and Lee, the third-ranked team in Division III, at 9:00 a.m. and at Division II Shepherd at 3:30 p.m.

MATCH RESULTS v. NYU

MATCH RESULTS v. Salisbury