ETSU Women's Tennis Garner Win Over Elon, 5-2  Sunday, March 07,
2004  JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Mar. 7, 2004) - The East Tennessee
State women's tennis team won their first SoCon match of the
season against Elon Sunday, 5-2. The Bucs improved to 8-6
overall, 1-0 in SoCon with the win, while the Phoenix drop to
5-0, 0-1. "It's always good to get our first SoCon victory,"
said head coach Steve Brooks. "Elon is a good team and a good
addition to the Southern Conference. I have a lot of respect for
coach Parham and for the program he has built over the last 14
years." In doubles action, ETSU saw wins from the pairs of
Sylwia Ziolkowska (Warsaw, Poland) and Mariya Ilyina (Kyiv,
Ukraine), and Gemma Halim (Jakarta, Indonesia) and Jessica Irey
(Clewiston, Fla.). Ziolkowska and Ilyina defeated Elon's Melissa
Holland and Elizabeth Kristofak in the No. 2 slot, 8-0. In the
No. 3 doubles, Halim and Irey defeated the Phoenix's Elizabeth
Kernodle and Kelly Fleck, 8-3. ETSU's loss in doubles came at
the No. 1 slot. Courtney McIn