Blackbirds Sweep St. Peter's, 7-0, For First Spring Victory

3/3/07-- The Long Island University tennis team turned in an impressive performance, sweeping all six singles matches and taking the doubles point, 3-0, in its first spring victory of the season against St. Peter's on Friday afternoon.

Senior Merve Koksal (Ankara, Turkey) led the charge with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Kristy Bonner at No. 3 singles. Freshman H'Ann Johnson (St. John's, Antigua) won at the top singles spot while sophomore Ashley Harvey (Randallstown, Md.) defeated Angela Wiggs, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 at the No. 2 position.

In the first singles victory of her LIU career, sophomore Liliana Cortes (Cochabamba, Bolivia) dropped Meredith Earley, 6-2, 6-3, in No. 4 singles. Xenia Roman (Vera Cruz, Mexico) and Amy Hosotsuji (Toronto, Ontario) were victorious at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively.

Koksal and Cortes combined for the victory at No. 1 doubles, 8-5, and Roman and Johnson paired to defeat Earley and Bonner, 8-6, at the No. 2 spot.

Long Island will travel to Florida for spring break and will face Radford, Manhattan and Valparaiso on its trip south.

Singles
No. 1 – H’Ann Johnson (LIU) d. Vanessa Pangikas (SPC), 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 – Ashley Harvey (LIU) d. Angela Wiggs (SPC), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
No. 3 – Merve Koksal (LIU) d. Kristy Bonner (SPC), 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 – Liliana Cortes (LIU) d. Meredith Earley (SPC), 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 – Xenia Roman (LIU) d. Andrea Estay (SPC), 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 – Amy Hosotsuji (LIU) d. Jing Cheung (SPC), 6-1, 6-0

Doubles
No. 1 – Koksal/Cortes (LIU) d. Wiggs/Pangikas (SPC), 8-5
No. 2 – Roman/Johnson (LIU) d. Earley/Bonner (SPC), 8-6
No. 3 – Harvey/Hosotsuji (LIU) d. Estay/Cheung (SPC), 8-1