Ravens earn two singles victories and one doubles win on
Friday
CoCo Minott won her singles match on Friday against Le Moyne.
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RINDGE, N.H. (October 5,
2007) - The Franklin Pierce University women's tennis team
dropped a 6-3 decision to Le Moyne College in a Northeast-10
Conference women's tennis match on Friday afternoon at the Franklin
Pierce tennis courts.
Franklin Pierce won two singles
matches and also earned a doubles point on the afternoon. Senior
CoCo Minott (Pennsburg, Pa./Upper Perkiomen)
earned her second victory in two first-singles matches so far in
2007, as she won the first game against Le Moyne's Allison Cohen
(Fayetteville, N.Y.) and then took the match when Cohen could not
continue. Junior Francesca Santoro (Medford,
Mass./Medford) also earned a win without breaking a sweat,
as she was awarded the sixth-singles point when Le Moyne could not
field a sixth singles player.
The Ravens also earned a doubles
point via a walkover, as the third doubles team of Monica
Lavertu (Berlin, N.H./Berlin) and Kathleen Judge
(Lowell, Mass./Lowell Catholic) did not have to take the
court to earn a victory.
The home team, however, could not
muster another point against the Dolphins. Freshman Lauren
Smilovich (Meriden, Conn./Sacred Heart Academy) nearly
forced a third set but fell in straight sets to Mariella Artessa
(Syracuse, N.Y.), 1-6, 5-7, while sophomore Bianca LaPointe
(Plainfield, Conn./Saint Bernard) forced a first-set
tiebreaker against Claire Wittmeier (Laurel, N.Y.) before falling
in two sets, 7-8 (4-7), 2-6.
Franklin Pierce (0-2, 0-2 NE-10)
will return to the courts on Tuesday afternoon, as the Ravens take
on Bentley College in a Northeast-10 match in Waltham, Mass.,
beginning at 2:30 p.m.
Le Moyne 6, Franklin Pierce
3
Singles:
1. CoCo Minott (FP) def. Allison Cohen (LEM), 1-0, ret.
2. Sabrina Megali (LEM) def. Mariana Zahora (FP), 6-1, 6-0
3. Marielle Artessa (LEM) def. Lauren Smilovich (FP), 6-1, 7-5
4. Claire Wittmeier (LEM) def. Bianca LaPointe (FP), 8-7 (7-4),
6-2
5. Nicole Romano (LEM) def. Erin Whyman (FP), 6-0, 6-0
6. Francesca Santoro (FP) wins in walkover
Doubles:
1. Artessa/Tirzah Walrath (LEM) def. Minott/Smilovich (FP), 8-2
2. Romano/Megali (LEM) def. Whyman/LaPointe (FP), 8-4
3. Monica Lavertu/Kathleen Judge (FP) wins in walkover
