Women's Tennis

April 16, 2008

Women's Tennis Suffers 5-4 Loss At Southern New Hampshire


MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College women's tennis team (11-5, 8-2 Northeast-10 Conference) saw its four-match winning streak come to an end on Wednesday, falling at Southern New Hampshire University, 5-4. The Purple Knights dropped a pair of three-set singles' matches in suffering the narrow defeat. Saint Michael's returns to action on Saturday with a 3 p.m. home match versus league-rival Merrimack College.

Southern New Hampshire 5, Saint Michael's 4

Singles:

1. Catalina Echeverry (SNH) def. Lindsay Horne (STM) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

2. Deanna Giguere (STM) def. Lauren Nigrelli (SNH) 6-3, 6-3

3. Catherine Dalton (STM) def. Kristen Franco (SNH) 6-1, 6-4

4. Juliet Verhofstad (SNH) def. Michelle Wood (STM) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1

5. Melissa Ramos (SNH) def. Marran Ranks (STM) 6-4, 6-4

6. Marybeth Ash (STM) def. Amanda Nason (SNH) 7-6 (7-1), 6-4

Doubles:

1. Echeverry/Nigrelli (SNH) def. Horne/Giguere (STM) 8-4

2. Wood/Ash (STM) def. Alison Waring/Verhofstad (SNH) 8-4

3. Nason/Ramos (SNH) def. Megan Conway/Ranks (STM) 9-7

Records: SNHU 7-4 (7-4 NE-10), STM 11-5 (8-2 NE-10)