Feb. 24, 2008

PROVIDENCE, RI - The Brown women's tennis team hosted Boston University on Saturday afternoon and came away with a dominating, 6-1, victory. The Bears (2-4) dropped the doubles point, but stormed back in singles action to win all six matches, including four in straight sets, en route to the win. Freshmen Bianca Aboubakare (Orange, CA) and Marisa Schonfeld (Washington, DC) led Brown with a win at #1 doubles and victories at #1 and #5 singles, respectively.

Brown 6, Boston University 1
Doubles
#1 Aboubakare/Schonfeld (B) def. Whu/Steiner (BU) 8-3
#2 Lefkowith/Abraham (BU) def. Kirkpatrick/Mansur (B) 8-6
#3 Cirrao/Sadovskaya (BU) def. Ellis/Kurihara (B) 9-7
Singles
#1 Bianca Aboubakare (B) def. Whu (BU) 6-1, 6-3
#2 Sara Mansur (B) def. Steiner (BU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
#3 Brett Finkelstein (B) def. Lefkowith (BU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
#4 Tanja Vucetic (B) def. Sadovskaya (BU) 6-1, 6-2
#5 Marisa Schonfeld (B) def. Abraham (BU) 6-1, 6-3
#6 Emily Ellis (B) def. Corrao (BU) 6-2, 6-3