March 28, 2008

PROVIDENCE, RI - The Brown women's tennis team (9-4) picked up its eighth straight victory on Friday evening, posting a 6-1 win over Army (16-5) at the Pizzitola Center Courts. The Black Knights had also come into the match riding a winning streak of their own, which began on March 2nd and stretched for eight matches until tonight. Brown breezed through the doubles matches, winning at #1 and #2 by identical scores of 8-3 and then winning at #3, 8-1. The Bears then won five of the six singles matches to close out the victory, including a 6-0, 6-0 sweep at #5 by freshman Marisa Schonfeld.

Brown 6, Army 1
Doubles
#1 Aboubakare/Schonfeld (B) def. Flach/Houghton (A) 8-3
#2 Kirkpatrick/Vucetic (B) def. Ford/Beehler (A) 8-3
#3 Mansur/Ellis (B) def. Giles-Madden/Finnegan (A) 8-1
Singles
#1 Bianca Aboubakare (B) def. Houghton (A) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
#2 Sara Mansur (B) def. Flach (A) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
#3 Brett Finkelstein (B) def. Giles-Madden (A) 6-1, 6-2
#4 Beehler (A) def. Tanja Vucetic (B) 6-3, 6-2
#5 Marisa Schonfeld (B) def. Finnegan (A) 6-0, 6-0
#6 Emily Ellis (B) def. Alquero (A) 7-5, 6-4