March 9, 2008

PROVIDENCE, RI - The Brown women's tennis team (7-4) won its sixth straight match on Sunday afternoon, picking up a 7-0 win over West Virginia at the Pizzitola Center Courts. The Bears won the doubles point with victories at #1 and #3 and then earned four of the six singles matches in straight sets to claim the shutout. Brown's three-set wins came at #2 where junior Sara Mansur (Houston, TX) won 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, coming back from a 4-1 deficit in the first set, and at #6 where freshman Ashley Butler (Charlotte, NC) earned a 6-7 (5), 6-2, (11-9) win.

Brown 7, West Virginia 0
Doubles
#1 Aboubakare/Schonfeld (B) def. Percival/Prinz (WV) 8-6
#2 Lyskawa/LaFortune (WV) def. Kirkpatrick/Mansur (B) 8-5
#3 Ellis/Vucetic (B) def. Pilsbury/Burton (WV) 8-5
Singles
#1 Bianca Aboubakare (B) def. Percival (WV) 6-1, 6-4
#2 Sara Mansur (B) def. Lyskawa (WV) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
#3 Brett Finkelstein (B) def. Prinz (WV) 6-3, 6-2
#4 Tanja Vucetic (B) def. Speaker (WV) 6-3, 6-0
#5 Marisa Schonfeld (B) def. Pilsbury (WV) 6-0, 6-1
#6 Ashley Butler (B) def. LaFortune (WV) 6-7 (5), 6-2, (11-9)