Providence College Athletics

Tennis Opens Spring Season With Loss Against #63 Brown

2/8/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

Feb. 8, 2010

Providence, R.I. -

The Providence College women's tennis team traveled across town on Saturday, February 6 to take on the University of Brown Bears in a four plus one format of matches. The Friars were put down by the Bears, 5-0.

In doubles play, senior Jenn Cusack (Bayport, N.Y.) and freshman Brittany Maddock (Marietta, Ga.) teamed-up and were defeated by Brown's Misia Krasowski and Emily Ellis, 8-0. In singles play, the Friars were denied of wins in all four matches. Junior No. 2 singles player Ayushi Sinha (Mumbai, India) and junior No. 4 singles player Ally Wegner (Morristown, N.J.) were the only two Friars to win any games in the best-of-three-set matches.

With the loss, the Friars fall to 3-2 in head-to-head team matches on the year.

The Friars are back on the courts on Sunday, February 28 as they take on Florida Gulf Coast in Fort Myers, Fla.

#63 Brown, Providence 0

Doubles

#1 - Misia Krasowski / Emily Ellis (Brown) def. Jenn Cusack / Brittany Maddock (PC) 8-0

Singles

#1 - Cassandra Herzberg (Brown) def. Marisela Aviles-Duron (PC) 6-0, 6-0

#2 - Julie Flanzer (Brown) def. Ayushi Sinha (PC) 6-2, 6-0

#3 - Marisa Schonfeld (Brown) def. Melanie Albert (PC) 6-0, 6-0

#4 - Catherine Stewart (Brown) def. Ally Wegner (PC) 6-0, 6-1

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