Koksal Victorious at No. 2 Singles But Blackbirds Fall to NJIT, 6-1

2/10/07-- Senior Merve Koksal (Ankara, Turkey) won her first singles match of the spring season but the Long Island University women’s tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to NJIT on Saturday evening.

Koksal rolled to a 6-0 victory in the first set over Marine Henry and followed with a 6-3 win in the second to give LIU its first singles point of the spring season.

Sophomore Liliana Cortes (Cochobamba, Bolivia) was victorious in the first set of her No. 3 singles contest with Isha Toor, 7-6 (7-3), but lost the second set, 3-6, and dropped a 10-4 tiebreaker in the third.

The Highlanders won the No. 1, No. 4 and No. 5 singles matches in straight sets and also won the doubles point, 2-0. LIU forfeited both the No. 6 singles spot and No. 3 doubles position.

Long Island returns to action on Mar. 2 against St. Peter’s at 3:00 p.m.

Singles
No. 1 – Iulia Doci (NJIT) d. H’Ann Johnson (LIU), 6-3, 6-0
No. 2 – Merve Koksal (LIU) d. Marine Henry (NJIT), 6-0, 6-3
No. 3 – Isha Toor (NJIT) d. Liliana Cortes (NJIT), 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 10-4
No. 4 – Fatima Kasem (NJIT) d. Xenia Roman (LIU), 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 – Fanny Aizir (NJIT) d. Amy Hosotsuji (LIU), 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 – LIU Forfeit

Doubles
No. 1 – Doci/Kasem (NJIT) d. Koksal/Cortes (LIU), 8-3
No. 2 – Aizir/Toor (NJIT) d. Johnson/Roman (LIU), 8-5
No. 3 – LIU Forfeit