March 31, 2006
Complete Results
Princess Anne, MD - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Lady Hawk Tennis team took on Eastern Shore and MEAC rivals Delaware State University (DSU) in a conference tilt on Friday afternoon. While the two teams battled on the court with energy and fight the Lady Hornets of DSU got the better of the Hawks, toping them 6-1.
UMES got a singles win from Sashonna Leak who defeated Yvonne Dennis 6-1, 6-0 in a dominating performance. In other singles action the Ba sisters, Aissatou and Fatoumata both played well.
Aissatou went to a tiebreaker in her match before falling 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) to Julieta Yung. Her sister Fatoumata played Hornet two-sport star Julia Balzer and was topped 6-1, 6-2. Haaveshe Sawyer also played well for UMES losing to Kelly Carrigan 6-1, 6-4.
The Lady Hawks picked up a doubles win as well with Yamada Dorsey and Fatoumata Ba defeating Dennis and Stephanie Peels, 8-1 in a great match for UMES. The Hawks couldn't pick up the doubles point however as Nadia Flores-Hernandez and Aissatou Ba fell just short in their match to Balzer and Jannie Jacob, 8-6. UMES was topped in the other doubles contest 8-3 as Sawyer and Leak fell to Carrigan and Julieta Yung.
UMES looks to take this solid outing into their next match when they travel out of conference to take on Loyola (Md.) in Baltimore on April 5, 2006.
