New Haven, Conn. - The No. 3 Stony Brook women's tennis team cruised to a 4-0 victory over No. 6 Hartford in the quarterfinal round of the 2011 America East Tennis championships on Friday. The Seawolves advance to take on No. 2 Boston University in the semifinal round on Saturday at 1 p.m.
SBU opened by easily earning the doubles point. Sophomore Aylin Mehter (Massapequa, N.Y.) and junior Prerana Appineni (Hyderabad, India) won 8-2 at No. 1 while juniors Katherine Hanson (Smithtown, N.Y.) and Salome Mkervalidze (Massapequa, N.Y.) also cruised to an 8-2 victory at the No. 2 spot.
The Seawolves then quickly wrapped up the match with three decisive victories in single play. Senior Gayatri Krishnan (Chennai, India) and Mkervalidze did not drop a game at No. 4 and No. 6, respectively, and Appineni lost just one game at No. 3.
Stony Brook improves to 15-4 with the victory, its most victories since 2004-05.
