April 8, 2005

(April 8, 2005) The women's tennis won their fourth straight match, winning 4-3 against Radford today at the George Mason tennis courts. The win improves the Patriots to 8-8 on the season.

The Patriot netters swept through the three doubles matches for the first point of the day. Mason's Andreea Fusea and Maricel Ballester are in sync as a team, beating the Highlanders Daniela Milano and Ashton Downs, 8-4, for their fourth straight win. Jenn Dektas and Jamie Delorie bounced back from defeat on Wednesday and won 8-2 against Camila Noldin and Caroline Downs. Katie Sloper and freshman Julia Moscato played Cassandra Price and Jessica Nixon, and came out with a 8-3 win to complete the sweep.

The two teams split the singles matches with Mason winning the No. 1, 3 and 6 positions. Junior Andreea Fusea continued to dominate as of late, winning 6-1, 6-1 against Noldin at the top singles spot. Jenn Dektas lost only one game in her 6-1, 6-0 victory against Milano and freshman Julia Moscato defeated Nixon, 6-2, 6-3.

The team's host conference rival UNC Wilmington on Saturday at 11 a.m.

RADFORD		3
GEORGE MASON	4
#1 Fusea/Ballester (GM) d. Milano/A. Downs, 8-4
#2 Dektas/Delorie (GM) d. Noldin/C. Downs, 8-2
#3 Sloper/Moscato (GM) d. Price/Nixon, 8-3
Singles:
#1 Andreea Fusea (GM) d. Camila Noldin, 6-1, 6-1
#2 Caroline Downs d. Maricel Ballester (GM), 6-4, 6-4
#3 Jenn Dektas (GM) d. Daniela Milano, 6-1, 6-0
#4 Ashton Downs d. Jamie Delorie (GM), 6-3, 6-3
#5 Cassandra Price d. Katie Sloper (GM), 6-2, 4-6, 0-1
#6 Julia Moscato (GM) d. Jessica Nixon, 6-2, 6-3