The women’s tennis team suffered a tough 5-3 loss to York College in a quarterfinal round match of the 2011 CUNYAC Championship that took place on Thursday in Jamaica, New York.

The two teams started doubles play at 3:30 pm on the tennis courts of York College, but due to darkness, the quarterfinal was forced to be finished at nearby Liberty Park under the lights.

York was leading 4-3 at the time the match was temporarily stopped with #5 and #6 singles remaining to be finished.

At 7:49 pm, York won one of the two remaining singles to clinch the fifth point to eliminate the Bearcats from the tournament to end a streak of six consecutive years of playing in Saturday’s championship match.

Head Coach Florin Giuglescu was proud of his young team that battled to the final point.

Doubles (York 2-1)

1. Patricia G. Correia/Victoria Morozova (BARUCH) def. Nina Olladikankwu/Valerie Roland (YORK) 8-2

2. Amba Chanoine/Nicole Jones (YORK) def. Alina Bero/Amanda Naraine (BARUCH) 8-1

3. Anna Ko/Tenzin Kunchok (YORK) def. Anna Komar/Marianna Kogan (BARUCH) 9-8 (7-2)

Singles (York 3-2)

1. Patricia Gomes Correia (BARUCH) def. Valerie Roland (YORK) 6-0, 6-0

2. Nicole Jones (YORK) def. Victoria Morozova (BARUCH) 6-3, 6-2

3. Amanda Naraine (BARUCH) def. Nina Olladikankwu (YORK) 6-0, 6-3

4. Amba Chanoine (YORK) def. Alina Bero (BARUCH) 6-1, 6-1

5. Anna Ko (YORK) vs. Marianna Kogan (BARUCH) 7-6 (7-5), 2-3, unfinished

6. Tenzin Kunchok (YORK) def. Lisa Kurner (BARUCH) 6-4, 7-5