Women’s Tennis Earns ITA All-Academic Team Award; 7 Bears Named ITA Scholar-Athletes

4/30/10
Aboubakare & Herzberg Named All-Ivy
Brown junior Bianca Aboubakare (Orange, CA) and sophomore Cassandra Herzberg (Miami Beach, FL) have both earned All-Ivy honors in a vote by the League’s eight head coaches. Aboubakare was a unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection in singles, while Herzberg earned Second Team All-Ivy honors in singles. This marks the third straight year that Aboubakare has earned First Team All-Ivy honors in singles, becoming just the 10th player in Ivy League history to earn section to the First Team for three years. Herzberg is also a repeat singles All-Ivy honoree, earning Second Team recognition for the second straight year.

4/24/10
#58 Women's Tennis Falls to #48 Yale, 5-2, in Season Finale
The 58th-ranked Brown women's tennis team (16-8, 4-3) dropped its final match of the 2009-10 season, falling to #48 Yale, 5-2. The Bears fell behind early after losing the doubles point, but put up a good fight in singles action in what was a narrow loss. Junior Bianca Aboubakare (Orange, CA) and sophomore Julie Flanzer (Highland Park, IL) both won singles matches and the Bulldogs needed a third set to claim two more singles matches, as both sophomore Cassandra Herzberg (Miami Beach, FL) and freshman Misia Krasowski (Deerfield, IL) fought back to win their respective second sets and force a third set at #2 and #3, respectively. Brown's doubles win came at #1, where Aboubakare and Herzberg upset 80th-ranked Vicky Brook and Lindsay Clark.

4/18/10
#62 Bears Defeat #53 Dartmouth, 5-2, in Final Home Match of the Season
The 62nd-ranked Brown women's tennis team (16-7, 4-2) rebounded from Friday's loss to #56 Harvard to post a 5-2 win over #53 Dartmouth on Sunday afternoon. The match was the final home match of the season for the Bears, who are assured a winning record in the Ivy League for the second straight year. Brown was led by freshman Misia Krasowski (Deerfield, IL) and sophomore Julie Flanzer (Highland Park, IL), who helped secure the doubles point with a win at #2 doubles and also won two critical matches at the middle of the singles lineup, including Flanzer's match-clinching win at #4.