Feb. 23, 2004

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- The Penn women's tennis team defeated Old Dominion, 5-2, to improve to 5-0 in dual match play in 2004. The Lady Monarchs fell to 4-5 dropping their fourth straight.

No. 33 Nataly Cahana defeated Penn's No. 69 Nikky Ptak, 6-0, 6-3 at No. 1 singles, before the Quakers took four of the next five singles matches with included straight-set wins by Raluca Ciochina and Sara Schiffman. Freshman Fernanda Luiz also earned the Lady Monarchs a victory with a three set, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Chao.

The Lady Monarchs retunr to action on Friday night against N.C. State at Center Court Racket Club in Newport News, VA.

Penn 5, Old Dominion 2

Doubles:
1 - Cahana/Endlich def. Shweky/Chao (PENN), 8-2
2 - Ptak/Ciochina (PENN) def. Santos/Luiz, 8-5
3 - Williams/Stanislawski (PENN) def. Kerner/Herrmann, 8-5

Singles:
1 - Cahana def. Ptak (PENN), 6-0, 6-3
2 - Stanislawksi (PENN) def. Endlich, 6-2, 6-7, 6-2
3 - Luiz def. Chao (PENN), 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
4 - Shweky (PENN) def. Santos, 7-6, 2-6, 6-3
5 - Ciochina (PENN) def. Herrmann, 6-2, 6-1
6 - Schiffman (PENN) def. Martiniez, 6-2, 6-2