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St. Peter's
Women's Tennis Drops 5-2 Match at St. Peter's
2/17/2008 9:38:41 PM | Women's Tennis
Jersey City, N.J. - Drexel won at fourth and sixth singles and took one of the three doubles matches, but could not pull out a second to garner the team point as the Dragons fell in a close 5-2 match at St. Peter's. Freshman Noorie Jadeja picked up her first collegiate victory in a thrilling three-set match at sixth singles, 6-1, 4-6, 10-6.
Senior Jaimee Wylie improved to 5-3 on the season in singles play with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Meredith Earley at fourth singles. Drexel's doubles pairing of Emily and Mellisa Lewis won the team's lone doubles match 8-6 over Laurie Souksavath and Meredith Earley. Emily Lewis lost a heartbreaker at first singles. After falling 6-4 in the first set, she rebounded to take the second set 7-5 and took the third set to a tiebreaker before falling 10-8 to drop the match.
Drexel hits the courts again on Feb. 24 for a 10:00 a.m. match in Bethlehem, Pa. against Lehigh.
Match Results
St. Peter's 5, Drexel 2
Singles
1. Vanessa Pangikas (SP) def. Emily Lewis (DU) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (8)
2. Krysten Chen (SP) def. Hana Stecova (DU) 6-4, 6-1
3. Laurie Souksavath (SP) def. Mellisa Lewis (DU) 6-3,7-6
4. Jaimee Wylie (DU) def. Meredith Earley (SP) 6-3, 7-5
5. Kristy Bonner (SP) def. Lara Hamad (DU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Noorie Jadeja (DU) def. Kristen Realista (SP) 6-1, 4-6, 10-6
Doubles
1. Lewis/Lewis (DU) def. Souksavath/Earley (SP) 8-6
2. Pangikas/Chen (SP) def. Stecova/Hamad (DU) 8-5
3. Bonner/Realista (SP) def. Doriss/Wylie (DU) 9-7
