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University of Massachusets Athletics
University of Massachusetts
Fairleigh Dickinson
Minutewomen Find Win Over Fairleigh Dickinson, 6-1
February 28, 2009 | Tennis
Feb. 28, 2009
WEST POINT, N.Y. - After a tough week of losses the UMass women's tennis team swept in doubles and dropped one lone singles match to defeat Fairleigh Dickinson on Friday night, 6-1. The Minutewomen improve to 5-4 on the season.
UMass was led in doubles by Tanisha Hodgson and Magdalena Ploch who made quick work of their opponents, 8-4. In the number two spot Candynce Boney and Kaitlyn Carpenter swept past DeCarlos and Koshunova, 8-1. At No. 3 doubles, not wasting any time, Laura Danai and Maude Lecluyse won 8-0. Having clenched the doubles point the Minutewomen had the momentum moving into singles action.
Boney fought hard at No. 2 singles to pull out her eighth singles win of the season. The match came down to a super-tiebreak, with Boney winning 6-2, 2-6, 10-5. Carpenter represented UMass at No. 3 with a win against junior Ksenia Chernyshova, 6-1, 6-4. Hodgson breezed through at No. 4 as did Lecluyse at No. 5, both winning 6-2, 6-1. Earning UMass its sixth point at No. 6 singles was senior Danai 6-0, 6-1. The Minutewomen's only loss came at the No. 1 singles position where Ploch was defeated by Julia Koshunova in a three set match, 6-2, 7-5, 10-4.
The Minutewomen return to play Saturday Feb. 28 at West Point where they will face Columbia. And then again on Sunday Mar. 1 against Army.
Doubles


#1 Tanisha Hodgson/Magdalena Ploch (UM) def. Ksenia Chernyshova/Julia Prantl (FDU), 8-4
#2 Candynce Boney/Kaitlyn Carpenter (UM) def. Jessica DeCarlos/Julia Koshunova (FDU), 8-1
#3 Laura Danai/Maude Lecluyse (UM) def. Jinny DeCarlos/Christina Martine (FDU), 8-0
Singles
#1 Julia Koshunova (FDU) def. Magdalena Ploch (UM), 6-2, 7-5, 10-4
#2 Candynce Boney (UM) def. Julia Prantl (FDU), 6-3, 2-6, 10-5
#3 Kaitlyn Carpenter (UM) def. Ksenia Chernyshova (FDU), 6-1, 6-4

#4 Tanisha Hodgson (UM) def. Jessica DeCarlos (FDU), 6-2, 6-1

#5 Maude Lecluyse def. Jinny DeCarlos (FDU), 6-2, 6-1
#6 Laura Danai (UM) def. Christina Martine (FDU), 6-0, 6-1
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