Albany, N.Y.- The UAlbany tennis team took care of business at home against Colgate, 6-1, on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at Tri-City Tennis Club. All three Great Dane doubles team were able to come out victorious. Freshman Kirsten Scott extends her unbeaten streak in the spring 2012 season to 7-0.
The Great Danes opened Wednesday's match with No. 1 doubles of Rocio Lopez Alberca/Livia Gherman, No. 2 Kirsten Scott/Cheryl Kukkonen and No. 3 Sarah Iannone/Aubrey Brooks all winning their respective matches to go up 1-0 over Colgate.
During the singles play, Scott began with her seventh victory in as many matches in the No. 2 singles by defeating Kelsey Shea in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. Following Scott, Brooks in the No. 6 singles versus Olivia Rauh and Lopez Alberca versus Alex Petrini in the No. 1 singles defeated their opponents in straight sets as well to capture the match, 4-1.
The Great Danes will continue their 2012 spring season at Lehigh this weekend in a three-team match that includes Stony Brook and the Mountain Hawks.
UALBANY 6 COLGATE 1
Doubles:
1. Lopez-Gherman (UA) def. Shea-Wanhainen (C) 8-5
2. Scott-Kukkonen (UA) def. Petrini-Brown (C) 8-5*
3. Iannone-Brooks (UA) def. Rock-Becky Silvers (C) 8-2
Order of finish: 3,2,1
*Doubles point clincher
Singles:
1. Rocio Lopez (UA) def. Alex Petrini (C) 6-3,6-2$
2. Kirsten Scott (UA) def. Kelsey Shea (C) 6-2,6-2
3. Livia Gherman (UA) def. Steph Brown (C) 3-6,6-2,1-0(5)
4. Cheryl Kukkonen (UA) def. Kelsey Wanhainen (C) 6-4,3-6,1-0(4)
5. Meredith Rock (C) def. Sarah Iannone (UA) 6-4,6-2
6. Aubrey Brooks (UA) def. Olivia Rauh (C) 6-3,6-3
Exhibition: Jackie Finn (C) def. Francine White (UA) 8-1
Order of finish: 2,6,1,5,3,4
$Match clincher
