Stony Brook falls in NCAA Tournament to No. 14 Stanford

Stony Brook falls in NCAA Tournament to No. 14 Stanford

Courtesty of Stony Brook Athletics 

Palo Alto, Calif. - The Stony Brook women's tennis had its best showing in its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance, but the Seawolves fell to Stanford, 4-0, Friday at the Taube Family Tennis Center.

Stony Brook (15-2) lost its first match since falling at No. 36 Harvard in early March.

The Seawolves received strong doubles play from the duo of senior Polina Movchan (Kiev, Ukraine) and freshman Yana Nikolaeva (Thornhill, Ontario) , who battled before falling 8-5 at No. 2.

Freshmen Elizabeth Tsvetkov (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Kristina Vozniak (Kiev, Ukraine), who are ranked No. 83 by the ITA this week, were tied with Hardebeck/Wolak, 6-6, before their match ended after Stanford earned the doubles point.

"We had plenty of chances," coach Gary Glassman. "This is the best we've competed at NCAAs so far. Liz [Elizabeth Tsvetkov] and Kristina played great."

The singles points were won at No. 1, 4 and 5.

Stanford 4, Stony Brook 0
Doubles
1) No. 2 Davidson/Zhao (SU) def. Badoche/Smergut (SBU) 8-1
2) No. 10 Doyle/Tsay (SU) def. Movchan/Nikolaeva (SBU) 8-5
3) Hardebeck/Wolak (SU) def. No. 83 Tsvetkov/Vozniak (SBU)

Order of Finish: 1, 2

Singles
1) No. 2 Carol Zhao (SU) def. Polina Movchan (SBU) 6-2, 6-1
2) No. 19 Taylor Davidson (SU) def. Kristina Vozniak (SBU) abandoned
3) No. 25 Caroline Doyle (SU) def. Nadia Smergut (SBU) abandoned
4) No. 92 Krista Hardebeck (SU) def. Adey Osabuohien (SBU) 6-0, 6-0
5) No. 106 Ellen Tsay (SU) def. Elizabeth Tsvetkov (SBU) 6-1, 6-1
6) Lindsey Kostas (SU) def. Louise Badoche (SBU) abandoned

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