Minott falls to Merrimack's Dunn in a tiebreaker
in first-singles action
Lauren Smilovich and the Ravens
took on Merrimack on Sunday.
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RINDGE, N.H. (October 21,
2007) – Merrimack College defeated Franklin Pierce
University by a score of 9-0 in a Northeast-10 Conference
women's tennis match at the Franklin Pierce tennis courts on
Sunday afternoon.
Merrimack's Stellina Saia and Caitlin Dunn (Middleton,
Mass./Masconomet) led the dual winners for the visiting Warriors,
as the duo began the day by teaming up for an 8-2 first-doubles
victory over senior CoCo Minott (Pennsburg, Pa./Upper
Perkiomen) and freshman Lauren Smilovich (Meriden,
Conn./Sacred Heart Academy).
Dunn had to work for her second win of the day at first singles,
as she took the first set, 6-1, against Minott before the Ravens
senior battled back to take the second set by a 6-3 score. Dunn
rebounded in the ensuing tiebreaker, however, winning, 10-4.
Saia defeated Franklin Pierce sophomore Bianca LaPointe
(Plainfield, Conn./Saint Bernard) in second singles, 6-0,
6-1, to earn her second victory of the afternoon.
Franklin Pierce concludes the fall portion of its 2007-08 schedule
with a 0-5 record overall and in Northeast-10 action, and the
Ravens will return to the court in the spring to resume
Northeast-10 play. Merrimack completes its fall schedule with a 3-0
overall record and a 2-0 conference mark.
Merrimack 9, Franklin Pierce 0
Doubles:
1. Stellina Saia/Caitlin Dunn (MER) def. CoCo Minott/Lauren
Smilovich (FP), 8-2
2. Jessica Lamb/Amanda Carroll (MER) def. Erin Whyman/Bianca
LaPointe (FP), 8-1
3. Elise Dufour/Nora Cahill (MER) def. Monica Lavertu/Kathleen
Judge (FP), 8-2
Singles:
1. Dunn (MER) def. Minott (FP), 6-1, 3-6, (10-4)
2. Saia (MER) def. LaPointe (FP), 6-0, 6-1
3. Lamb (MER) def. Smilovich (FP), 8-2
4. Dufour (MER) def. Whyman (FP), 8-1
5. Cahill (MER) def. Lavertu (FP), 6-0, 6-1
6. Allison Lydon (MER) def. Judge (FP), 6-1, 6-3
