Brooklyn, NY---The Brooklyn College women's tennis team was defeated in conference play by Hunter College on Friday at home, 7-0. BC moves to 3-8 (0-3 CUNYAC) with the loss while the Hawks improve to 9-0 (5-0 CUNYAC). Next Up: Brooklyn continues conference play on the road against Baruch on Sunday, 10/18, at the USTA National Tennis Center at 5:30 pm.
Hunter swept all three doubles matches to take an early 1-0 lead. Medina Kuc and Alexis Goodman competed at first doubles, falling 6-3 to Isabella Tchij and Ana-marie Bichinashvili. At second doubles, Aniyah James and Amara Stewart battled before dropping a 6-4 decision to Amber Lai and Sree Kolla. Hunter completed the doubles sweep with a 6-0 victory at third doubles over Shyla Selby and Yissel Acevedo.
In singles play, Goodman faced Tchij at the top position, falling 6-3, 6-2. James competed at second singles against Bichinashvili, while Kuc took on Julia Aksamentova at third singles. Both Brooklyn players fell in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, and 6-3, 6-2, respectively.
Stewart faced Lai at fourth singles, dropping a 6-0, 6-1 decision, while Tiffany Edwards fell to Kolla at fifth singles, 6-1, 6-2. At sixth singles, Selby was defeated by Ava Cooper, 6-0, 6-0.
