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Women's Tennis Drops 4-3 Decision to Davidson
April 5, 2008 | Women's Tennis
April 5, 2008
BOSTON - The Boston University women's tennis team fell, 4-3, to Davidson on Saturday, April 5. The Terriers (7-6) picked up the doubles point but were narrowly defeated in singles.
Sophomore Liz Corrao picked up two wins on the afternoon, defeating allison Rauh 6-0, 6-4 in fifth singles before teaming up with Yana Sadovskaya in third doubles to hand Rauh and partner Kim Whelan an 8-4 loss.
Junior Francine Whu was the other Terrier to score a singles win. She defeated Kelsey Linville, 6-4, 6-3. Junior co-captain Cori Lefkowith was able to push her singles match to a third set after falling in the first, but Davidson's Kim Whelan rallied for the win.
BU returns to action on Sunday, April 6 against Furman.
DOUBLES
1) F. Whu/V. Steiner (BU) lost to K. Linville/V. Berry (D) 8-3
2) D. Abraham/C. Lefkowith (BU) def. M. Fanney/T. Wang (D) 8-5
3) L. Corrao/Y. Sadovskaya(BU) def. K. Whelan/A. Rauh (D) 8-4
SINGLES
1) Francine Whu (BU) def. Kelsey Linville (D) 6-4, 6-3
2) Vanessa Steiner (BU) lost to Virginia Berry (D) 4-6, 44-6
3) Cori Lefkowith (BU) lost to Kim Whelan (D) 0-6, 6-4, 2-6
4) Yana Sadovskaya (BU) lost to Michele Fanney (D) 2-6, 2-6
5) Liz Corrao (BU) def. Allison Rauh (D) 6-0, 6-4
6) Danielle Abraham (BU) lost to Meredith Skeeters (D) 6-4, 6-1
7) Dasha Zakharchenko (BU) lost to Theresa Wang (D) 1-8 (exh.)
