March 31, 2010

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA - The Saint Joseph's women's tennis team fell at city-rival Drexel Wednesday afternoon, 6-1. Saint Joseph's sophomore Kate Dowd posted a victory at No. 6 singles to earn the Hawks' point.

The Dragons opened the match with wins at all three doubles events to jump out to a 1-0 edge.

In singles action, Dowd was a 6-1, 6-4 victor over Drexel's Melissa Bohm to earn her third-straight singles win. Unfortunately for SJU, the Dragons took advantage of an injury-plagued Hawk lineup, earning five singles wins to finish with the 6-1 decision.

Saint Joseph's (4-13) hosts Temple on Thursday at the SJU Tennis Complex. The match is slated to begin at 2:30 p.m.

Singles
Zineb Hilali (DU) def. Maggie Mullaney (SJU) 6-0, 6-4
Gozde Unkaya (DU) def. Laura Matz (SJU) 6-1, 6-2
Sonja Stosic (DU) def. Sally Kalani Stainer (SJU) 6-0, 6-3
Emma Brook (DU) def. Nicole Esposito (SJU) 7-5, 6-0
Elise Leizerovich (DU) def. Tara Walsh (SJU) 6-2, 6-4
Kate Dowd (SJU) def. Melissa Bohm (DU) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles
Hilali/Stosic (DU) def. Mullaney/Esposito (SJU) 8-2
Brook/Unkaya (DU) def. Walsh/Dowd (SJU) 8-4
Bohm/Leizerovich (DU) def. Malafronte/Glick (SJU) 8-2