Feb. 21, 2009

The University of Mary Washington tennis team defeated George Mason, 6-1, today at the UMW Indoor Tennis Center. Mason dropped to 4-5 on the spring season while the Eagles improved to 3-1.

Mason's lone point came from the No. 2 singles match as Brooke Blackwell defeated Kate Malpeli, 6-4, 6-3. Two other singles matches could of easily gone the Patriots way. At No. 1 singles, the Green and Gold's Lindsay Gray won the first set, 6-1, but lost the next two 6-0, 6-3 to Becky Morse-Karzen. In the No. 4 singles Sarah Dieffenbach lost the tiebreaker in the first set 7-6(7-5) and went down 7-5 in the second set against Mary Washington's Amy Sheetz.

Mary Washington won all three doubles matches. The closest match was at No. 3 where the Eagles team of Stacey Rickard and Michelle Meadows defeated Mason's duo of Laura-Marie Blisk and Stephanie Longuera by a 8-6 margin.

The Patriots

#6 Mary Washington 6, George Mason 1
Feb 21, 2009 at Fredericksburg, Va.
Singles competition
1. Becky Morse-Karzen (UMW) def. Lindsay Gray (Mason) 1-6, 6-0, 6-3
2. Brooke Blackwell (Mason) def. Kate Malpeli (UMW) 6-4, 6-3
3. Courtney Goimarac (UMW) def. Laura-Marie Blisk (Mason) 6-3, 6-2
4. Amy Sheetz (UMW) def. Sarah Dieffenbach (Mason) 7-6 (7-5), 7-5
5. Stacey Rickard (UMW) def. Meredith Cutchin (Mason) 6-1, 6-1
6. Michelle Meadows (UMW) def. Alicia Van Zandt (Mason) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Becky Morse-Karzen/Kate Malpeli (UMW) def. Gray/Meredith Cutchin (Mason) 8-2
2. Courtney Goimarac/Katie Schafer (UMW) def. Blackwell/Alicia Van Zandt (Mason) 8-4
3. Stacey Rickard/Michelle Meadows (UMW) def. Blisk/Steph Longuera (Mason) 8-6

The Patriots host Pittsburgh tomorrow at Noon.