BLOOMSBURG – Mercyhurst won a pair of tennis matches against East Stroudsburg University on Sunday, posting a 7-2 victory in the women's match and winning by a 5-4 score in the men's contest.

Juniors Katie D'Ambrosia (No. 2) and Jamie Ferrigno (No. 3) both won their singles matches for the ESU women, while Alex Santoro went to three sets in the No. 4 singles match before falling to Rebecca Haener.

In the men's match, ESU won all three doubles flights before Mercyhurst came back to win five of the six singles match-ups, including two victories in three sets.

Junior Will Norris and freshman Will Norris posted an 8-4 win at No. 1 doubles, Jared Rosenberg and Seth Heller won 8-5 at No. 2 and Mark Covert and Zach Ontell won 8-3 at No. 3.

Ontell earned a 6-1, 6-1 win at fifth singles to give the Warriors a 4-0 lead before the Lakers rallied to win the match with straight-set wins from Ron Heurich at first singles, Adam Marnik at third singles and Juan Franco at fourth singles and three-set victories at No. 2 and No. 6.

ESU's men's team will play at St. Thomas Aquinas on Tuesday, while the women are off until both teams travel back to Bloomsburg for the ITA East Regionals next weekend.

Women – Mercyhurst 7, ESU 2

Doubles
1. Kim Ezzo and Meghan Raynor (MC) d. Katie D'Ambrosia and Jamie Ferrigno, 8-3
2. McKenzie Cona and Rebecca Haener (MC) d. Amanda Kaufman and Alex Santoro, 8-1
3. Samantha Zimmerman and Jenna Raynor (MC) d. Marissa Tanner and Amy McGrath, 8-3

Singles
1. Ezzo (MC) d. Kaufman, 6-2, 6-0
2. D'Ambrosia (ESU) d. Raynor, 6-4, 6-0
3. Ferrigno (ESU) d. Cona, 6-3, 6-1
4. Haener (MC) d. Santoro, 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-4
5. Zimmerman (MC) d. Tanner, 6-1, 6-1
6. Raynor (MC) d. McGrath, 6-3, 6-3


Men – Mercyhurst 5, ESU 4

Doubles
1. Will Norris and James Norris (ESU) d. Ron Heurich and Adam Marnik, 8-4
2. Jared Rosenberg and Seth Heller (ESU) d. Justin Tompkins and Kyle King, 8-5
3. Mark Covert and Zach Ontell (ESU) d. Juan Franco and Marcus Zehnder, 8-3

Singles
1. Heurich (MC) d. Will Norris, 6-3, 6-3
2. King (MC) d. Rosenberg, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
3. Marnik (MC) d. Covert, 7-5, 6-0
4. Franco (MC) d. James Norris, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
5. Ontell (ESU) d. Zehnder, 6-1, 6-1
6. Tompkins (MC) d. Andrew Makos, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1