COLCHESTER, Vt. - The fourth-seeded Saint Michael's College women's tennis team (14-5) earned a narrow 5-4 win versus fifth-seeded Merrimack College in the Northeast-10 Conference Quarterfinals on Tuesday in the Tarrant Recreation Center.
With the win, Saint Michael's advances to the NE-10 Semifinals, where it will visit top-seeded Stonehill College on Thursday at 3 p.m. Merrimack ends its season at 10-7.
For Saint Michael's, freshman Emily Ogilvy (Bedford, N.H./Trinity) won the decisive match at #6 singles, 7-5, 6-4. Also picking up key singles' victories for the Purple Knights were sophomore Lindsay Horne (Scituate, Mass./Scituate), as she earned a three-set win at #1 singles, and freshman Eileen Mullowney (Burlington, Vt./Burlington) at #5 singles.
Mullowney also won at #3 doubles, partnering with junior Catherine Dalton (South Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames) for a 9-8 (3) win. And earning an 8-3 victory at #2 doubles were sophomores Marran Ranks (Stratham, N.H./Exeter) and Marybeth Ash (Westborough, Mass./Westborough).
For Merrimack, sophomore Amanda Carroll (Tewksbury, Mass.) won twice, at #3 singles and at #1 doubles, teaming with junior Caitlin Dunn (Middleton, Mass.). Junior Cristina Lucin (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) and sophomore Stellina Saia (Wakefield, Mass.) also won for the Warriors at #2 and #4 singles, respectively.
MATCH SUMMARY (In Tarrant Recreation Center)
Saint Michael's Women 5, Merrimack 4
Singles
1. Lindsay Horne (SMC) def. Caitlin Dunn (MER) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
2. Cristina Lucin (MER) def. Deahna Giguere (SMC) 6-3, 6-1
3. Amanda Carroll (MER) def. Marran Ranks (SMC) 6-4, 6-3
4. Stellina Saia (MER) def. Catherine Dalton (SMC) 6-4, 7-5
5. Eileen Mullowney (SMC) def. Elise Dufour (MER) 6-4, 6-2
6. Emily Ogilvy (SMC) def. Courtney Garvey (MER) 7-5, 6-4
Doubles
1. Dunn/Carroll (MER) def. Horne/Giguere (SMC) 8-2
2. Ranks/Marybeth Ash (SMC) def. Lucin/Saia (MER) 8-3
3. Dalton/Mullowney (SMC) def. Dufour/Garvey (MER) 9-8 (3)
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