Tennis Splits Weekend Matches; Defeats St. Peter's,
7-0

3/6/06 -- Freshman Ashley Harvey (Randallstown, Md.) recorded four victories over the weekend as the Long Island University women's tennis team split a pair of matches this weekend at St. Peter's College on Friday evening.

The Blackbirds fell to Fordham, 5-2, in the first match but regrouped to sweep St. Peter's, 7-0.

Harvey was the lone singles winner for LIU against Fordham, defeating Doina Soudor in No. 4 singles, 6-0, 6-2. Senior Claudia Arteaga and freshman Amy Hosotsuji both lost heartbreaking, third-set tiebreakers, 10-8.

Arteaga took the first set from Danielle Spigner, 6-2, before dropping the second, 7-5, to take the match to a tiebreaker. Hosotsuji evened her match with Lisa Vullin at one-set apiece with a 6-4 second-set win, but was unable to breakthrough in the third.

LIU took two out of three doubles matches to capture the doubles point. Harvey and Arteaga won at No. 3 doubles, 8-6, while Hosotsuji and teammate Jessica Loose (Scheessel, Germany) took the No. 2 doubles match, 8-4.

Against St. Peter's, the Blackbirds did not drop a set en route to a 7-0 sweep. Loose defeated Angela Wiggs, 6-3, 6-0, in No. 1 singles. Both Harvey and junior Xenia Roman Korobochkina (Vera Cruz, Mexico) turned in dominant performances for the Blackbirds as they each won, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 4 and 6 singles, respectively.

LIU travels to Florida for five matches, beginning on Monday, Mar. 13 against Eastern Kentucky at 8:00 a.m.