ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Thursday, September 21, 2006

Johns Hopkins Hands Elizabethtown First Loss of Season, 8-1 

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Johns Hopkins University, which finished the 2005-06 season ranked 10th in the Atlantic South Region of NCAA Division III by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), defeated Elizabethtown College, which was ranked 13th in the Atlantic South by the ITA at the end of 2005-06, 8-1 at Elizabethtown Thursday.

Elizabethtown’s lone point came at number two doubles, where first-year student Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) and sophomore Alice Yu (Athens, GA/Clarke Central) won a 9-8 (8-6) marathon pro set. All three doubles matches were decided by 9-8 scores.

Elizabethtown will return to action at the ITA Southeast Regional Tournament, held at the University of Mary Washington. The tournament begins at 8:00 a.m. Saturday, September 23 and wraps up Monday, September 25.

At Elizabethtown, Pa.
Johns Hopkins University 8, Elizabethtown College 1
Singles competition
1. Brittany Matava (JHUW) def. Smith, Emma (ETOWN) 6-2, 6-2
2. Anita Bhamidipati (JHUW) def. Shapiro, Stacy (ETOWN) 6-3, 6-3
3. Amanda Schubert (JHUW) def. Swarr, Emily (ETOWN) 6-4, 6-0
4. Tanya Gulnik (JHUW) def. Martinez, Cathie (ETOWN) 6-0, 6-1
5. Becky Busch (JHUW) def. Yu, Alice (ETOWN) 6-2, 6-1
6. Ellen Berlinghof (JHUW) def. Lander, Heather (ETOWN) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Amanda Schubert/Brittany Matava (JHUW) def. Smith, Emma/Shapiro, Stacy (ETOWN) 9-8 (7-2)
2. Swarr, Emily/Yu, Alice (ETOWN) def. Becky Busch/Anita Bhamidipati (JHUW) 9-8 (8-6)
3. Tanya Gulnik/Ellen Berlinghof (JHUW) def. Martinez, Cathie/Lander, Heather (ETOWN) 9-8 (7-2)