Box Score

Flushing, NY --- The Brooklyn College Women's Tennis team got the better of the Baruch College Bearcats on Tuesday afternoon in City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) action, as the Bulldogs slipped past the Bearcats 5-4 in a close, hard-fought match at the USTA National Tennis Center.

With the win, Brooklyn moves to 7-0 overall on the season and 3-0 in the CUNYAC; while Baruch falls to 4-3 overall on the year and 3-1 in conference play.

The match began with doubles play and it would be the Bulldogs taking two out of three to go up 2-1. Both #1 and #2 doubles were tightly contested, with Brooklyn taking both flights by identical scores of 9-7.

The tandem of Ekaterina Mospanova and Suraya Maenhout defeated the team of Allie Jackson-Hing and A. Le Goupil-Maier at the top doubles flight; while the pairing of Rosalia Xue and Maria Sanz edged out the duo of Jennafer Mukofsky and Jessica Duleba at #2 doubles.

Baruch took #3 doubles, as Lisa Kurner and Elizavetta Glotova downed Norma Lynn Chabbott and Olayinka Sarayi, 8-4.

The 2-1 Brooklyn advantage would prove to be the difference maker, as the teams split the six singles matches. Baruch took #1, #2 and #6 singles, while Brooklyn won #3, #4 and #5 singles.

Coming off of their doubles win, Sanz and Xue would also take home wins in their respective singles match, as Sanz defeated Mukofsky, 6-3, 6-3, at #3 sinlges; and Xue defeated Anna Komar, 6-2, 7-5, at #4 singles. Xue's victory would end up being the clincher, accounting for the fifth point in the match.

Chabbott earned a hard fought, three-set match win over Kurner, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, at #5 singles.

For the Bearcats, Jackson-Hing and Le Goupil-Maier took the top two singles flights, as Jackson-Hing defeated Mospanova, 6-0, 6-2, at #1 singles and Le Goupil-Maier outlasted Maenhout, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 10-7, to complete a comeback victory.

Duleba defeated Sarayi, 6-1, 6-2, at #6 singles.

"It's been a while since we've had a match this gut-wrenching," said Head Coach Ahmad Odetalla. "It could have gone in any direction, but once we were able to steal second doubles from Baruch, we knew we had a very good chance of getting the win today. We'll celebrate tonight, but we have to get right back on the horse against Hunter in less than 24 hours."

Brooklyn will return to the USTA National Tennis Center tomorrow, Wednesday, September 25th, as the Bulldogs will take on the reigning CUNYAC champion Hunter College Hawks. The match is slated for a 4:00 pm start.