Ravens back in action against
Merrimack on Sunday
RINDGE, N.H. (April 10, 2010) – The Franklin
Pierce University women's tennis team was defeated by Assumption,
9-0, in Northeast-10 Conference play at Assumption on Saturday.
With the loss, Franklin Pierce falls to 1-9 (1-9 Northeast-10),
while Assumption improves to 4-6 (4-5 Northeast-10) with the
victory.
Sophomore Suzana Deronjic
(Melrose, Mass.) posted one of the strongest singles
performances for Franklin Pierce on the day. She won the first set,
6-2, in second singles against Assumption freshman Erica Micciche,
but dropped the second set, 6-3, and the tiebreak, 10-7. A similar
fate befell Franklin Pierce junior Lauren Smilovich
(Meriden, Conn.) who took the first set in third singles
from Assumption junior Grace Fox, 6-2, but lost the second set,
6-0, and the tiebreak, 10-8. Earlier in the day, Smilovich teamed
with senior Bianca LaPointe (Plainfield, Conn.) at
second doubles, but fell to Fox and Assumption sophomore Marissa
Charles, 8-5.
Each of Assumption's six players
was victorious in both singles and doubles on the afternoon.
Freshman Allie Plack lost just one game on the afternoon, as she
picked up an 8-1 win at third doubles before sweeping her match at
sixth singles, 6-0, 6-0.
The Ravens return to the court on
Sunday, April 11, when they return home to host Merrimack in a
Northeast-10 Conference match at 1 p.m. in Rindge, N.H.
Results
Doubles
1. Jen Erickson/Erica Micciche (ASM) def. Kaitlin
Krolikowski/Suzana Deronjic (FPU), 8-1
2. Grace Fox/Marissa Charles (ASM) def. Lauren Smilovich/Bianca
LaPointe (FPU), 8-5
3. Caitlin Harvey/Allie Plack (ASM) def. Monica Lavertu/Christina
Bonelli (FPU), 8-1
Singles
1. Erickson (ASM) def. Krolikowski (FPU), 6-1, 6-0
2. Erica Micciche (ASM) def. Deronjic (FPU), 2-6, 6-3, 10-7
(tiebreak)
3. Fox (ASM) def. Smilovich (FPU), 2-6, 6-0, 10-8 (tiebreak)
4. Charles (ASM) def. LaPointe (FPU), 6-2, 6-0
5. Harvey (ASM) def. Lavertu (FPU), 7-5, 6-4
6. Plack (ASM) def. Bonelli (FPU), 6-0, 6-0