Piscataway, N.J. - The St. Johns University womens tennis team opened the
BIG EAST season with a 7-0 loss at Rutgers on Wednesday afternoon. The
Red Storm was unable to win a singles or doubles match.
In the closest match of the day, Corina Cetateanu (Forest Hills, N.Y./ Forest Hills HS), playing No. 1 singles, was defeated by Carissa Sommerlad, 6-0, 7-6 (5). In the second set, Cetateanu was down 4-1 before staging a comeback. Cetateanu rebounded to tie the match at 4-4 before eventually falling. No. 2 singles player Vera Efstathiou (Whitestone, N.Y./Cardozo HS) fell to Jennifer Hellier, 6-1, 6-3. The only doubles team to win any games was Cetateanu and Efstathious, who eventually lost to Shaugnessy and Travlos, 8-5. St. Johns record drops to 0-5 and 0-1 in the conference. The Red Storm hopes to win its first non-conference match when they host Adelphi at the Bronx International Youth Tennis Center.
Final Result: SJU (0) vs. Rutgers (7) Singles: Winner Set 1 Set 2 1.Corina Cetateanu (SJU) vs. Carissa Sommerlad(RU) Rutgers 6-0 7-6 (5) 2.Vera Efstathious (SJU) vs. Jennifer Hellier (RU) Rutgers 6-1 6-3 3.Olga Romanidis (SJU) vs. Kristin Shaughnessy(RU)Rutgers 6-1 6-1 4.Carolina Miccolis (SJU)vs. Amanda Travlos (RU) Rutgers 6-1 6-1 5.Mirela Blanaru (SJU) vs. Andrea Weckstein (RU) Rutgers 6-0 6-2 6.Vanessa Sanmartin (SJU)vs. Kaitlin Link (RU) Rutgers 6-1 6-1 Doubles: Winner Score 1.Cetateanu/Efstathious (SJU) vs. Shaugnessy/Travlos Rutgers 8-5 2.Romanidis/Miccolis(SJU) vs. Sommerlad/Weckstein Rutgers 8-0 3.Blanaru/Sanmartin (SJU) vs. Hellier/Link Rutgers 8-0
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