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Women's Tennis Falls 5-4 to Upper Iowa as Warriors Continue Play at Hilton Head

3/11/2008 12:00:00 AM

HILTON HEAD, S.C. - Upper Iowa won three of the four singles matches that went into a 10-point tiebreaker to beat East Stroudsburg University 5-4 in women's tennis on Tuesday as the Warriors continue their spring break trip to Hilton Head, S.C.

Slippery Rock posted an 8-1 win over the ESU women on Monday, while the men fell 8-1 to Northern Kentucky on Monday and 6-1 to Division I Robert Morris Tuesday.

Katie D'Ambrosia and Jamie Ferrigno (No. 2) and Sarah Deisher and Marissa Tanner (No. 3) both won their doubles matches for the Warriors against Upper Iowa, and D'Ambrosia and Ferrigno earned singles victories.

Deisher fell 5-7, 7-5 (10-8) in the closest of the six singles matches. At the top singles spot, Shana Morris recovered from an 0-6 first set to win the second set 6-4, but fell 10-2 in the tiebreaker. At No. 6, Liz Farnsworth won the first set 6-3, but dropped the second and lost the tiebreaker 11-9.

The third doubles pairing of freshmen Ryan Baxter and Will Norris improved to 3-0 on the trip with a pair of victories over the last two days. They won 9-7 for ESU's only point against Northern Kentucky, and 8-4 against Robert Morris.

Junior Rob Mikolon won 6-2, 6-1 in the sixth singles match to earn the point for the Warriors against the Colonials.

The Warriors will finish their spring break trip on Wednesday when the women take on Ashland at 8 a.m. and the men play Charleston at 1 p.m.


Women - Slippery Rock 8, ESU 1 (March 10)

Doubles
1. Kayla Blackburn/Laura Handy (SRU) def. Shana Morris/Mandie Rutt, 8-2
2. Samantha Blackburn/Jessica Hilborn (SRU) def. Katie D'Ambrosia/Jamie Ferrigno, 8-5
3. Lara Rizzi/Chelsea Gibson (SRU) def. Sarah Deisher/Marissa Tanner, 8-2

Singles
1. Blackburn (SRU) def. Morris, 6-3, 6-0
2. Handy (SRU) def. D'Ambrosia 6-1, 6-0
3. Rutt (ESU) def. Blackburn, injury
4. Hilborn (SRU) def. Ferrigno, 6-2, 6-2
5. Rizzi (SRU) def. Deisher, 7-5, 6-3
6. Gibson (SRU) def. Tanner, 6-1, 6-1

Women - Upper Iowa 5, ESU 4 (March 11)

Doubles
1. Jennifer Bradfeld/Kasey Huisman (UIU) d. Shana Morris/Mandie Rutt, 8-6
2. Katie D'Ambrosia/Jamie Ferrigno (ESU) d. Mallery Cox/Erin Kelley, 8-6
3. Sarah Deisher/Marissa Tanner (ESU) d. Kelsey Montgomery/Elizabeth Limburg, 8-6

Singles
1. Brodfeld (UIU) d. Morris, 0-6, 6-4 (10-2)
2. D'Ambrosia (ESU) d. Huisman, 1-6, 6-2 (10-2)
3. Cox (UIU) d. Rutt, 6-2, 6-4
4. Ferrigno (ESU) d. Montgomery, 6-0, 6-2
5. Kelley (UIU) d. Deisher, 5-7, 7-5 (10-8)
6. Nicole Henry (UIU) d. Liz Farnsworth, 3-6, 6-1 (11-9)


Men - Northern Kentucky 8, ESU 1 (March 10)

Doubles
1. Fritz Dlabik/Felipe Roseti (NKU) d. Jeffrey Kurz/Kyle Doebler (ESU), 8-2
2. Reed Sparks/Jason Kramer (NKU) d. Rob Mikolon/Julian Taibi (ESU), 8-2
3. Ryan Baxter/Will Norris (ESU) d. Michael Volkov/Jon Raley (NKU), 9-7

Singles
1. Dlabik (NKU) d. Doebler, 6-1, 6-0
2. Sparks (NKU) d. Kurz, 7-5, 6-3
3. Rosetti (NKU) d. Jared Howat, 6-2, 6-2
4. Kramer (NKU) d. Taibi, 6-4, 6-0
5. Volkov (NKU) d. Norris, 6-2, 6-1
6. Raley (NKU) d. Mikolon, 6-3, 6-1

Men - Robert Morris 6, ESU 1 (March 11)

Doubles
1. Mateusz Woodzinski/Sean Curley (RMU) d. Jeff Kurz/Kyle Doebler, 8-4
2. Nick Paganetti/Robert Switzer (RMU) d. Julian Taibi/Rob Mikolon, 8-4
3. Ryan Baxter/Will Norris (ESU) d. David Yokitis/Daniel Becker, 8-4

Singles
1. Paganaffi (RMU) d. Doebler, 6-0, 6-1
2. Woodinski (RMU) d. Kurz, 6-2, 6-3
3. Curley (RMU) d. Jared Howat, 6-4, 6-3
4. David Pinto (RMU) d. Norris, 6-2, 4-6 (10-5)
5. Switzer (RMU) d. Taibi, 6-0, 6-2
6. Mikolon (ESU) d. Yokitis, 6-2, 6-1

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