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
