Women's Tennis Falls to St. John's, 6-1

4/3/07-- The Long Island University women's tennis team dropped its seventh straight decision, a 6-1 defeat, to St. John's on Monday afternoon.

Sophomore Liliana Cortes (Cochabamba, Bolivia) won at the No. 4 singles spot for the second consecutive match, getting past Lauren Leo, 6-4, 6-3. Classmate Amy Hosotsuji (Toronto, Ontario) had a strong second set for the Blackbirds at No. 6 singles, and had two set points but could not break through.

LIU returns to Northeast Conference competition on Friday, April 13 against Fairleigh Dickinson.

Results
SINGLES
1) Nataly Tumsevica (STJ) d. H'Ann Johnson (LIU), 6-3, 6-2
2) Alison Adamski (STJ) d. Ashley Harvey (LIU), 6-1, 6-0
3) Ira Aleksova (STJ) d. Merve Koksal (LIU), 6-2, 6-0
4) Liliana Cortes (LIU) d. Lauren Leo (STJ), 6-4, 6-3
5) Gabija Gasiunaite (STJ) d. Xenia Roman (LIU), 6-1, 6-2
6) Ashley Harper (STJ) d. Amy Hosotsuji (LIU), 6-3, 7-5

DOUBLES
1) Adamski/Tumsevica (STJ) d. Koksal/Cortes (LIU), 8-4
2) Aleksova/Leo (STJ) d. Johnson/Roman (LIU), 8-2
3) Gasiunaite/Harper (STJ) d. Harvey/Hosotsuji (LIU), 8-5