Sept. 24, 2010

The Mason women's tennis team opened the 4th Annual Mason 3-2 Invitational by splitting their first two matches today. Mason defeated Virginia State, 5-0 and then lost a close contest to Georgetown 2-3. Georgetown also defeated Virginia State 5-0 and George Washington 3-2 in the five team annual tournament.

Brooke Blackwell improved her consecutive singles streak with a win against Virginia State. Mason's top singles player Kiersten Pappas split her two singles matches. Alison Wingo and Lindsay Gray were also singles match winners.

The tournament continues tomorrow as Mason plays Mt. St. Mary's at 10:15am and then battles George Washington at 2:00pm. Other matches on Saturday include: GW vs V.S.U. at 8:30; Mt. St. Mary's vs VSU at 12:15pm; and GW vs MSM at 4:00pm.

Mason 5, Virginia State 0
Singles
1) Kiersten Pappas defeated Amanda Spencer 6-0, 6-1
2) Alison Wingo defeated Kisha Holmes 6-0, 6-0
3) Brooke Blackwell defeated Tamilla Hicks 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1) Yasmin Fotovat/Ashley Delaney defeated Letivia Ingram 6-0, 6-0
2) Aryn Christman/Stephanie Longueira defeated Jessica Williams/Valencia Williams 6-0, 6-1

Mason 2, Georgetown 3

Singles
1) Kiersten Pappas lost to Victoria Sekely 1-6, 1-6
2 Lindsay Gray defeated Michelle Pratt 6-1, 6-4
3) Aryn Christman lost to Caroline Kuehn 1-6, 6-2, 10-4

Doubles
1) Yasmin Fotovat/Alison Wingo lost to Madeline Jaeger/Michaela Rollings 1-6, 4-6
2) Ashley Delaney/Kate Desiatnikova defeated Samantha Martin/Anne Mesmer 6-1, 7-5