Brooklyn, NY- The Lady Cougars Tennis team lost their opening match of the 2011 season 9-0 to the Brooklyn College Bulldogs at Brooklyn College on Sept. 20, 2011. The match which was originally sceduled at Lincoln Terrace Park, a home match for the Lady Cougars, was moved to Brooklyn College because it soaked up the rain water much quicker.

The Lady Cougars out of 9 players only had 3 returning athletes. Five of the nine showed up to the opening match. Below is a list of the results:

Singles action

# 1 Roneke Browne (MEC) was defeated by Yuliya Orkis (BC) 1-6, 0-6
# 2 Ja'Net Goodwin (MEC) lost to Maria Sanz (BC) 0-6, 1-6
# 3 Brittany McKay (MEC) fell to Norma Chabbott (BC) 0-6, 0-6
# 4 Lashara Kiadii (MEC) lost to Gianna Gelosi (BC) 0-6, 0-6
# 5 Letephia Lewis (MEC) fell to Hadiya Cameron (BC) 0-6, 0-6
# 6 No player (MEC) lost to Natalie Gonzalez (BC) by default

Doubles action

# 1 Roneke Browne/Ja'Net Goodwin (MEC) lost to Yuliya Orkis/Maria Sanz (BC) 0-8
# 2 Brittany McKay/Lashara Lewis (MEC) lost to Hadiya Cameron/Natalie Gonzalez (BC) 0-8
# 3 Letephia Lewis/No player (MEC) lost to Norma Chabbott/Gianna Gelosi (BC) by default

The Bulldogs improved to 3-1 Overall and 2-0 CUNYAC while the Lady Cougars fell to 0-1 Overall and 0-1 CUNYAC. The Lady Cougars will be back in action on Thursday Sept. 22, 2011, when they play the College of Staten Island Dolphins in Staten Island. The serve will be at 3:30 pm.