Feb. 3, 2008

Arlington, Va. - The Georgetown University women's tennis team (1-4, 1-1) could not hold off a powerful Dartmouth squad at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va. on Sunday, falling for the second consecutive day, 7-0.

Freshman Caroline Kuehn (Birmingham, Ala./Mountain Brook) provided a spark for the Hoyas, battling with Mary Beth Winingham in the No. 3 singles match, pushing it to three sets. Kuehn took the first set 6-4, before Winingham responded with a 6-0 second set. Kuehn fought in the third, but was unable to best Winingham, who won the third set 6-2 to take the match.

Liz Winokur (West Palm Beach, Fla./Cardinal Newman) and Elizabeth Sullivan (Potomac, Md./National Cathedral School) rallied from a 7-2 deficit, before falling 8-4 to Winingham and Jesse Adler in the second doubles spot. Meanwhile, freshman Maxi Thiels (Atlanta, Ga./The Lovett School) and Kuehn gave Dartmouth's third doubles pair all they could handle, before falling 8-5, as the Big Green captured the doubles point.

Thiels and freshman Alex Sebia (Plains, Pa./Scranton Prep) kept the first sets in their respective singles matches close, each losing 6-4. But Thiels was unable to defeat Adler, dropping the second set 6-2 at No. 4, while Sebia dropped her second set, 6-0 at No. 6.

GU heads to Pittsburgh, Pa. next weekend for two matches. They meet Duquesne at 5 p.m. on Friday, then take on conference-rival Pittsburgh at 5 p.m. on Saturday.

Doubles:
1. Megan Zebroski/Molly Scott def. Courtney Olsen/Stephanie Cohen 8-0
2. Mary Beth Winingham/Jesse Adler def. Liz Winokur/Elizabeth Sullivan 8-4
3. Georgiana Smyser/Ryan Reichel def. Maxi Thiels/Caroline Kuehn 8-5

Singles:
1. Molly Scott def. Courtney Olsen 6-3, 6-2
2. Megan Zebroski def. Stephanie Cohen 6-0, 6-3
3. Mary Beth Winingham def. Caroline Kuehn 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
4. Jesse Adler def. Maxi Thiels 6-4, 6-2
5. Ryan Reichel def. Elizabeth Sullivan 6-0, 6-0
6. Georgiana Smyser def. Alex Sebia 6-4, 6-0