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Women's Tennis Defeats East Tennessee State 4-3 on Friday Evening
February 09, 2007 | Women's Tennis
Sophomore Kelly Stewart's 7-5, 6-3 set at singles clinched the deciding point, as the Princeton women's tennis team took a 4-3 decision over East Tennessee State on Friday. The win moved the Tigers to 1-2 on the young season.
Princeton picked up the doubles point by taking two of the three doubles matches. Freshman Ashley Blakely and sophomore Kristen Scott combined to defeat ETSU's Elena Volubueva and Vita Moskaliova 8-0 at third doubles. The Buccaneers tied it up with an 8-3 win in the second doubles spot, before junior Ivana King and freshman Melissa Saiontz teamed up to win 8-4 at first doubles to give the Tigers the point.
In singles play, King took the first match 6-2, 6-1 over Olya Batsula. ETSU won the next three matches, but could not clinch the winning point as freshman Sarah Huah and Kelly Stewart won the next two matches to give the Tigers the win. Huah defeated Tara Byrne 6-4, 6-1, and Stewart took a 7-5, 6-3 decision.
Princeton returns to the courts this Sunday as they host Penn State at 11 a.m. on the Jadwin Gym tennis courts.