Women’s Tennis Rolls to 7-0 Victory over Monmouth

4/15/05 -- One day after learning it was the No. 2 seed at next week's Northeast Conference Tournament, Long Island University cruised to a 7-0 NEC victory over Monmouth at Stadium Racket Club in the Bronx.

Sophomore Merve Koksal (Ankara, Turkey) rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 victory at first singles over Kelly Phoebus and junior Krystina Bachner (Penfield, N.Y.) won by the same score at No. 3 singles over Kelly Fangmann. Senior Veronica Apostu-Efremov (Bucharest, Romania) notched a 6-1, 6-2 triumph at No. 2 singles over Ashleigh Johnson and junior Claudia Arteaga (Cali, Colombia) won, 6-1, 6-1, at fourth singles over Lauren Harms.

Sophomore Xenia Roman (Vera Cruz, Mexico) recorded a 1-6, 6-2, 10-7 victory at fifth singles against Kelly Shedelbower and junior Andrea Pertab (South Ozone Park, N.Y.) won, 7-5, 6-3, at No. 6 singles over Jennifer Taylor.

Apostu-Efremov and Bachner continued their strong play at first doubles with an 8-2 triumph over Phoebus and Johnson. Koksal and Arteaga won, 8-1, at second doubles over Taylor and Shedelbower.

LIU (11-6, 5-0 NEC), last year's NEC runner-up, opens the NEC Tournament on Friday, April 22 against seventh-seeded Robert Morris. The tournament takes place at the Mercer County Tennis Center in West Windsor, N.J.

The Blackbirds are in action Saturday against Albany, beginning at 11:00 am at the National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.