Women's Tennis Downs St. John's for Fifth Straight Win

Sunday, February 7

Hanover, N.H.

10 a.m.

Dartmouth College

St. John's

Women's Tennis Downs St. John's for Fifth Straight Win

2/7/2010 10:00:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. - The Dartmouth women's tennis team downed St. John's University, 6-1, at the Boss Tennis Center today to extend its winning streak to five.

Freshmen Sarah Leonard (Norwalk, Conn.) and Christina Danosi (New Albany, Ohio) both won easily at No. 1 and No. 6 singles, seniors Mary Beth Winingham (Carmel, Ohio) and Jesse Adler (Winnetka, Ill.) won tough matches at No. 2 and No. 3, and junior Ryan Reichel (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 5. Fellow junior Georgiana Smyser (Houston, Texas) was edged in a third set super-breaker at No. 4 singles after a hard-fought match with Ece Firat of Turkey.

The Big Green swept the doubles point, as Winingham and junior Molly Scott (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.) won 8-1 to remained undefeated at No. 1. Leonard combined with sophomore Carissa King (Charlotte, N.C.) to win 8-0 at No. 2 doubles. Smyser and Adler also won easily at No. 3.

Dartmouth returns to action on Friday, Feb. 12, at the ECAC Championships at Harvard.

Dartmouth 6, St. John's 1

#1 Singles   Sarah Leonard (Dartmouth College) def. Ira Aleksova (St. John's University) 6-1, 6-1
#2 Singles     Mary Beth Winingham (Dartmouth College) def. Joanna Zwirbulis    (St. John's University) 7-6, 6-0
#3 Singles     Jesse Adler (Dartmouth College) def.     Ksenia Mikhaylova (St. John's University) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
#4 Singles     Georgiana Smyser (Dartmouth College) lost to    Ece Firat (St. John's University) 7-5, 4-6, 1-0
#5 Singles     Ryan Reichel (Dartmouth College) def. Jenny Yonkus (St. John's University) 6-3, 6-3
#6 Singles     Christina Danosi (Dartmouth College) def.    Nakita Austin    (St. John's University) 6-0, 6-0

#1 Doubles     Mary Beth Winingham-Molly Scott (Dartmouth College) def. Jenny Yonkus-Ece Firat (St. John's University) 8-1
#2 Doubles     Sarah Leonard-Carissa King (Dartmouth College) def.    Ksenia Mikhaylova-Joanna Zwirbulis (St. John's University) 8-0
#3 Doubles     Georgiana Smyser-Jesse Adler (Dartmouth College) def. Alyssa Liantonio-Ira Aleksova (St. John's University) 8-2