Women's Tennis Wraps Up USTA Invitational
10/10/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
FLUSHING, N.Y. - The second day of the USTA Invitational was a productive one for the Seton Hall women's tennis team. Following a tough first day that saw the team register just one win, several Pirates responded by recording victories in Sunday's consolation matches.
Madison Shoemaker (Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia) followed her strong showing in Saturday's main draw match by recording two victories in H flight singles play. Shoemaker breezed past Camila Diaz of St. Francis (PA) 6-1, 6-1 in her first match of the day. The freshman would close the tournament by blanking Army junior Larraine Saavedra 6-0, 6-0.
After dropping very competitive three set match to #2 seed Della Taylor of Army in the E flight main draw, team Captain Elizabeth Verow (Barnt Green, England) also won her first match of day two. Verow defeated Irina Dementyeva from Fairleigh Dickinson in straight sets 7-6 (5), 6-0. Verow would come up short in her final match of the tournament, falling to Rutgers senior Morgan Ivey 0-6, 2-6.
Pui Wing Sher (Shui Wai, Hong Kong) also recorded a win for the Pirates, defeating Binghamton's Katherine Medianik 6-3, 6-1 in the B flight consolation bracket. For Sher, the win came after she suffered a hard fought 5-7, 2-6 defeat at the hands of St. John's junior Nevena Selakovic.
For the second day in a row, Rocio Portela (Demetrio Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) came up short in a three set battle. In her first D flight match of the day; Portela took the first set from Joanna Zwirbulis of St. John's 6-4. In the end, Zwirbulis would edge Portela ever so slightly, taking the next two sets 7-6 (2), 11-9. Portela would then drop her second match 4-6, 2-6 to Lauren Frazier of Cornell.
Sunday's schedule also included one round of doubles competition. For the Pirates, Karina Cordero (Maracay Estado Aragua, Venezuela) and Courtney Kilarski (Roseville, Calif.) were bested by Cornell's team of Frazier/Sullivan 2-8. The freshmen tandem of Anna Guryanova (Moscow, Russia) and Maria Del Rosario Rodriguez (Bogotá, Colombia) fell short against Allen/Stein of Army 4-8.
Next up for the Pirates is a date with local rival Fairleigh Dickinson. The team will travel to Teaneck, N.J. to take on the Knights on Tuesday, October 18th. Start time is scheduled for 3 p.m.
