St. John's Upends Rutgers in Women's Tennis
Apr 01 | Women's Tennis
PISCATAWAY, NJ – St. John’s won two doubles matches and three singles contests to post a 4-0 victory over Rutgers in women’s tennis action on Saturday afternoon.
The loss snapped Rutgers’ four-match winning streak, but the Scarlet Knights are still over .500 in BIG EAST play (5-3) and 10-6 overall.
The tighest singles match occurred at fourth singles as Jill Markowitz (Forest Hills, NY) fell to Lauren Lorenzetti, 6-4, 6-3. Matches at second, fifth and sixth singles did not finish. In doubles action, Alina Balasa (East Brunswick, NJ) and Dana Gordon (Margate, NJ) lost 8-6 while Markowitz and Lauren Edelschein (Medford Lakes, NJ) lost 8-4.
Rutgers will look to get back to its winning ways on Tuesday, April 4, when it hosts Villanova at 3:00 p.m.
Singles
1. Nataly Tumsevica (SJ) def. Katrina Elder-Bush (RU) 6-4, 6-1
2. Mariana Chachua (SJ) vs. Dana Gordon (RU) DNF
3. Barbora Blahutiakova (SJ) def. Alina Balasa (RU) 6-3, 6-1
4. Lauren Lorenzetti (SJ) def. Jill Markowitz (RU) 6-4, 6-3
5. Alison Adamski (SJ) vs. Lauren Edelschein (RU) DNF
6. Ashley Harper (SJ) vs. Anela Dujsic (RU) DNF
Doubles
1. Adamski/Tumsevica (SJ) def. Balasa/Gordon (RU) 8-6
2. Blahutiakova/Chachua (SJ) vs. Shmakova/Elder-Bush (RU) DNF
3. Lorenzetti/Gasuinaite (SJ) def. Markowitz/Edelschein (RU) 8-4
