Women's Tennis

April 25, 2008

Women's Tennis Advances To NE-10 Championship With 5-4 Win Versus SNHU


COLCHESTER, Vt. - The second-seeded Saint Michael's College women's tennis team (15-5) set a program record for victories in a season, and advanced to the Northeast-10 Conference Championship, with a 5-4 Semifinal victory versus sixth-seeded Southern New Hampshire University on Friday on the outdoor courts.

With the win, the Purple Knights will now take on top-seeded Bryant University for the NE-10 Championship on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Stonehill College. SNHU finishes its season 8-6.

Freshman Deahna Giguere (Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee) earned victories in both #2 singles and #2 doubles to lead the Purple Knights on Friday.

Northeast-10 Conference Semifinals

Saint Michael's Women 5, Southern New Hampshire 4

Singles

1. Catalina Echeverry (SNHU) def. Lindsay Horne (SMC) - 7-5, 6-2

2. Deahna Giguere (SMC) def. Lauren Nigrelli (SNHU) - 6-2, 6-2

3. Kristen Franco (SNHU) def. Catherine Dalton (SMC) - 6-1, 6-2

4. Juliet Verhofstad (SNHU def. Michelle Wood (SMC) - 6-2, 6-4

5. Marran Ranks (SMC) def. Melissa Ramos (SNHU) - 6-2, 7-5

6. Marybeth Ash (SMC) def. Amanda Nason (SNHU) - 6-2, 6-0

Doubles

1. Horne/Wood (SMC) def. Echeverry/Nigrelli (SNHU) - 8-4

2. Giguere/Ash (SMC) def. Verhofstad/Alison Waring (SNHU) - 8-5

3. Ramos/Nason (SNHU) def. Ranks/Megan Conway (SMC) - 8-1

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