Women's Tennis Close Out Season with 6-1 Loss to UMBC

April 15, 2005

WASHINGTON - American University's women's tennis team finished the 2005 season with a 6-1 loss at home to UMBC.

The Retrievers swept the doubles matches, earning the team point. The UMBC team of Pedergnana and Lim defeated Colarusso (Downington, Pa./Downington) and Hollyn-Taub (Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto) by an 8-4 score at the No. 1 spot, with AU's Brandi Kligman (Milburn, N.J./Short Hills) and Rachael Honig (Worcester, Mass./Bancroft School) losing by the same score at the No. 2 position. UMBC won the final doubles match by a 8-1 margin.

Colarusso won the first set of her match against Pedergnana at the No. 1 singles spot but ultimately lost by a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 score. Sophomore Merrisa Hollinger (Westminister, Md./Westminister) was the lone Eagle to capture a win, defeating Gabriela Furdyna, 3-6, 6-4 (10-6). The Retrievers took the remaining singles matches to seal the 6-1 victory.

The Eagles finish the season with a 1-18 record, 0-5 in the Patriot League, but lose just one senior to graduation.

UMBC 6, American 1
Singles:
No. 1 Ale Pedergnana (UMBC) def. Julia Colarusso, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
No. 2 Aimee Lim (UMBC) def. Tessa Hollyn-Taub, 7-5, 6-2
No. 3 Adriana Fonseca (UMBC) def. Rachael Honig, 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 Elizabeth Anderson (UMBC) def. Brandi Kligman, 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 Merissa Hollinger (AU) def. Gabriela Furdyna, 3-6, 6-4 (10-6)
No. 6 Idil Un (UMBC) def. Brynne Ward, 6-1, 6-1
Doubles:
No. 1 Pedergnana/Lim (UMBC) def. Colarusso/Hollyn-Taub, 8-4
No. 2 Anderson/Fonseca (UMBC) def. Kligman/Honig, 8-4
No. 3 Cette/Un (UMBC) def. Ward/Hollinger, 8-1