April 15, 2004
#30 MWC Downs Shorewomen, 6-3
Browder & Nakamura Win in Singles, Doubles

FREDERICKSBURG, VA -- Host Mary Washington College, the 30th-ranked team in Division III and the sixth-ranked team in the Atlantic South region, defeated Washington College, 6-3, in a women's tennis match this afternoon in Fredericksburg, VA. The Shorewomen, tied for eighth in the region, slipped to 6-7 on the season with the loss.

Seniors Ne'ko Browder (Bronx, NY/Herbert H. Lehman) and Shoko Nakamura (Osaka, Japan/Osaka Jogakuin) won in both singles and doubles for the Shorewomen. Browder, ranked fifth in the region in singles, defeated Ashley Tucker, the region's 22nd-ranked singles player, 6-4, 6-2, at No. 1 singles, while Nakamura, ranked 21st in the region in singles, topped Kim Colwell, 6-0, 6-3, at No. 2.

In doubles, Browder and Nakamura, ranked fifth in the region in doubles, posted an 8-1 win over Tucker and Colwell, the 19th-ranked doubles team in the region.

The Shorewomen return to action Saturday with a 1:00 p.m. Centennial Conference match at Muhlenberg.

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
No. 1 Ne'ko Browder (WC)
def.
 Ashley Tucker (MWC)
6-4, 6-2
No. 2 Shoko Nakamura (WC)
def.
 Kim Colwell (MWC)
6-0, 6-3
No. 3 Gayle Smith (MWC)
def.
 Samantha Halpin (WC)
6-1, 6-3
No. 4 Karli Schneider (MWC)
def.
 Jaclyn Moore (WC)
6-0, 6-0
No. 5 Lindsay McMahon (MWC)
def.
 Lyndsey Beidle (WC)
6-0, 6-2
No. 6 Emily Brimer (MWC)
def.
 Sara Custis (WC)
6-0, 6-1
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
No. 1 Browder/Nakamura (WC)
def.
 Tucker/Colwell (MWC)
8-1
No. 2 Schneider/Smith (MWC)
def.
 Halpin/Beidle (WC)
8-0
No. 3 McMahon/
Katie Zelenak (MWC)
def.
 Custis/Moore (WC)
8-1

 

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