Women's Tennis Kicks Off ECACs with Win Over Brown

Friday, February 12

Cambridge, Mass.

5:00 p.m

Dartmouth College

Brown

Women's Tennis Kicks Off ECACs with Win Over Brown

2/12/2010 8:00:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

Box Score

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - The fifth-seeded Dartmouth women's tennis team kicked off the ECAC Winter Championship with a 5-2 upset over fourth-seeded Brown at Harvard yesterday. Brown came into the tournament as the country's No. 63 ranked team. This marks Dartmouth's second win over a nationally ranked team in one week, as the Big Green topped No. 69 Boston University last weekend. Dartmouth remains undefeated at 6-0.

Junior Molly Scott (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.) and senior Mary Beth Winingham (Carmel, Ind.) knocked off the ITA Northeast Region's No. 1 team by beating Casey Herzberg and Bianca Aboubakare 8-6. Senior co-captain Jesse Adler (Winnetka, Ill.) and junior Georgiana Smsyer (Houston, Texas) fell just short 8-6 at No. 3 and the deciding doubles point went to Brown when freshman Sarah Leonard (Norwalk, Conn.) and sophomore Carissa King (Charlotte, N.C.) were edged in a tie-breaker 9-8 at No. 2.

After dropping the doubles point, Dartmouth fought back to win five of the six singles matches. At No. 1 Scott, the eighth-ranked player in the ITA Northeast Region, defeated Casey Herzberg, the region's No. 2 player, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. At No. 2 Leonard downed Brown's former No. 1 player, Aboubakare, 6-0, 6-4. Dartmouth also got straight set wins at No. 3 and No. 4 singles from Winingham and Adler, while Smyser put the final point on the board for Dartmouth with a three-set win at No. 5.

Dartmouth continues today a 2 p.m. as the Big Green faces the top-seeded Tigers of Princeton.

Dartmouth College 5, No. 63 Brown University 2

Singles
No. 1 Molly Scott, (D) def. Casey Herzberg, (B) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 Sarah Leonard, (D) def. Bianca Aboubakare, (B) 6-0, 6-4
No. 3 Mary Beth Winingham, (D) def. Misia Krasowski, (B): 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
No. 4 Jesse Adler, (D) def Julie Flanzer, (B): 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 Georgie Smyser, (D) def. Kate Stewart, (B) 6-3, 1-6, 6-5 (7-4)
No. 6 Marisa Schonfeld, (B) def Ryan Reichel, (D) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
No. 1 Scott/Winingham, (D) def Herzberg/Aboubakare, (B) 8-6
No. 2 Krasowski/Flanzer, (B) def. King/Leonard, (D) 9-8
No. 3 Schonfeld/Ellis, (B) def Alder/Smyser, (D) 8-6