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Women?s Tennis Bounced by Long Island in Northeast Conference Tournament Semifinals

The Fairleigh Dickinson University women's tennis team's season concluded, Saturday, April 18 in the semifinals of the Northeast Conference Tournament in West Windsor, NJ.  The third-seeded Knights (6-17) fell, 4-0, to No. 2 Long Island University at the Mercer County Tennis Center.

 

In doubles action, freshman Julia Prantl (Benediktbeuern, Germany/GUS-Gymnasium Bad Tolz) paired with junior Ksenia Chernyshova (Moscow, Russia/Secondary School Korolev), but dropped the No. 1 flight, 8-4, to Selma Babic and H'Ann Johnson.  Sophomores Jinny DeCarlos (Eastampton, NJ/Rancocas Valley Regional) and Christina Martine (Milford, PA/Delaware Valley) were upended, 8-2, by Dara Lahens and Stephanie Elie in third doubles.

 

Babic notched a 6-1, 6-1, No. 1 singles win versus junior Julija Korshunova (Riga, Latvia/Secondary School #75).  Ji. DeCarlos fell, 6-3, 6-0, against Lahens in fifth singles.  Martine was bested, 6-4, 6-0, in No. 6 singles by Amy Hosotsuji.

 

Chernyshova was leading her third singles battle when the match was halted.

 

For complete results, please scroll down.

 

LIU moved to 9-7 on the year and topped FDU for the second time this season.  The Blackbirds, who won their seventh-straight match, will square off with top-seeded Quinnipiac University for the NEC title.

 

Fairleigh Dickinson returns all seven letter winners for the 2008-09 campaign.

 

 

Singles

1. BABIC, Selma (LIU) def. KORSHUNOVA, Julija (FDU) 6-1, 6-1

2. HARVEY, Ashley (LIU) vs. PRANTL, Julia (FDU) 6-4, 0-3, unfinished

3. JOHNSON, H'Ann (LIU) vs. CHERNYSHOVA, Ksenia (FDU) 4-6, 3-1, unfinished

4. ELIE, Stephanie (LIU) vs. DeCARLOS, Jessica (FDU) 6-4, 4-4, unfinished

5. LAHENS, Dara (LIU) def. DeCARLOS, Jinny (FDU) 6-3, 6-0

6. HOSOTSUJI, Amy (LIU) def. MARTINE, Christina (FDU) 6-4, 6-0

 

Doubles

1. BABIC, Selma/JOHNSON, H'Ann (LIU) def. PRANTL, Julia/CHERNYSHOVA, Ksenia (FDU) 8-4

2. HOSOTSUJI, Amy/HARVEY, Ashley (LIU) vs. KORSHUNOVA, Julija/DeCARLOS, Jessica (FDU) 6-3, unfinished

3. LAHENS, Dara/ELIE, Stephanie (LIU) def. DeCARLOS, Jinny/MARTINE, Christina (FDU) 8-2

 

Match Notes

2009 NEC Tennis Championships - Match 14 - Semifinals

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