WATERBURY, CT- The Georgian Court University tennis team ended the 2009 regular season on a high note Saturday afternoon with a 6-3 road victory at Post University (1-9, 0-6 CACC).
The Lions (5-9, 3-5 CACC) snapped a losing streak of five with the win while the Eagles have lost its last eight matches.
GCU, playing short-handed due to junior
Brittany Aimone's season-ending shoulder injury, started the match with a 0-2 deficit after defaulting both a doubles and singles match. Freshman
Victoria Gaffney defeated Post's
Ashley Golelik (7-5, 6-3) in the #1 singles slot vacated by Aimone. Junior
Natalie Grieci (6-2, 6-1) and sophomores
Alexus McClintic (6-3, 6-0) and
Sarah Lockenmeyer (6-1, 6-3) also triumphed in singles action.
Minus the defaulted match, the Lions swept the action on the court in doubles. The duo of McClintic and senior
Caitlyn Lawrence defeated Post's Golelik and
Diana Hayden (8-1). In the other match, Gaffney and Grieci dropped
Kelsey Lengyel-Jocovich and
Leah McQueeney, 8-2.
For the first time since the event's inception in 2005, Georgian Court has not qualified for the CACC Team Championship Tournment. However, they will participate in the CACC Individual Championship Tournament, commencing October 16th.