April 11, 2011

Box Score

Easton, Mass. - The Adelphi University women's tennis team remained on the road and took on Stonehill College yesterday afternoon in Easton, Mass. The Skyhawks bested the Panthers and came away with the 6-3 victory. Stonehill improves to 13-2 and 9-1, while Adelphi drops to 13-3 and 7-2.

Stonehill won two of three doubles matches for a strong start against an Adelphi squad which entered today ranked just behind the Skyhawks in third place in the NE-10 standings. Junior Leah White and freshman Kaitlyn Martin rebounded from just their second doubles defeat of the season Friday with an 8-5 victory at No. 2 this afternoon to notch their 20th overall win, and junior Amy Toegemann and sophomore Chelsea Haedrich cruised to their sixth straight win 8-1 at No. 3.

At No. 1 doubles, senior Lindsey Herchel and sophomore Jacquelyn Harrow fell 8-6 to Adelphi's Maria Toft and Alda Ribeiro in a matchup of regionally-ranked teams, Herchel and Harrow ranked 10th and Toft and Ribeiro 7th.

Toft and Ribeiro accounted for all three of the Panthers' victories, as regional #4 Toft defeated Herchel at first singles and Ribeiro won over White in the third slot, but Stonehill claimed the rest of the singles slate to improve to 9-1 in the NE-10. Toegemann rolled past Carolyn Smith 6-0, 6-2 at No. 2, Martin was a straight-sets winner at No. 5, and sophomore Paige Frost and junior Sarah Hickey both fought for three-set victories to put Stonehill over the top.

The Panthers return to action on Tuesday, April 12, when they host American International College at 5:30 p.m.