Women’s Tennis Records 5-2 Victory over Sacred Heart

4/1/05 -- Long Island won three of its singles matches in straight sets en route to a 5-2 Northeast Conference victory over Sacred Heart at the National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.

Sophomore Merve Koksal (Ankara, Turkey) notched a 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) victory at first singles over Lauren Galatie and senior Veronica Apostu-Efremov (Bucharest, Romania) won, 6-1, 6-2 at second singles over Pam Pillo.

Junior Krystina Bachner (Penfield, N.Y.) posted a 7-5, 6-2 triumph at third singles over Darcey Shoop and sophomore Xenia Roman (Vera Cruz, Mexico) won, 6-7 (1-7), 6-3, 10-3 over Jessica Schnell.

Apostu-Efremov and Bachner rallied from a 6-3 deficit at first doubles to win, 8-6, over Galatie and Pillo. Koksal and junior Claudia Arteaga (Cali, Colombia) recorded an 8-2 triumph at second doubles.

LIU (9-5, 4-0 NEC) had its matches Saturday against Monmouth and Sunday against St. John's postponed due to inclement weather. The Blackbirds are home Friday against Stony Brook, beginning at 3:00 pm.