CALDWELL, N.J. – East Stroudsburg University won all three doubles matches and the three singles matches that were completed for a 6-0 win at Caldwell on Monday in its 2010-11 women's tennis season opener.

The Warriors went 14-9 last season and made the first appearance in the NCAA Division II tournament in school history led by three All-PSAC selections, seniors Katie D'Ambrosia and Jamie Ferrigno and junior Amanda Kaufman.

D'Ambrosia and Ferrigno finished their junior year as the No. 6-ranked doubles team in the ITA Atlantic Region, going 20-6 overall. The posted an 8-1 win over Caldwell's top doubles team to go to 47-21 as a doubles tandem in their careers at ESU.

Kaufman won 6-0, 6-0 to begin her third season at No. 1 singles and Ferrigno was a 6-0, 6-1 winner at No. 3. Graduate student Jessica Wilson won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5 singles, while the other three singles matches were unfinished or not started due to weather.

Kaufman and Lausch won 8-3 at No. 2 doubles and Wilson and freshman Annie Vega were 8-2 winners at the No. 3 doubles slot. Kaufman and Lausch teamed up just once in doubles last season.

The Warriors will play a pair of matches this weekend at Clarion, taking on the host Golden Eagles and IUP. The men's team will get its season underway next Tuesday vs. St. Thomas Aquinas at 3:30 p.m.


ESU 6, Caldwell 0
Sep 13, 2010 at Caldwell, NJ

Singles competition
1. Amanda Kaufman (ESU-W) def. Sara Wilkins (CALD-W) 6-0, 6-0
2. Olga Ndhlovu (CALD-W) vs. Katie D'Ambrosia (ESU-W) 0-3, unfinished
3. Jamie Ferrigno (ESU-W) def. Amanda Berry (CALD-W) 6-0, 6-1
4. Elizabeth Odell (CALD-W) vs. Rabecca Lausch (ESU-W) unfinished
5. Jessica Wilson (ESU-W) def. Danielle Levasseur (CALD-W) 6-1, 6-2
6. Kierra Tims (CALD-W) vs. Amber Adams (ESU-W) unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Katie D'Ambrosia/Jamie Ferrigno (ESU-W) def. Sara Wilkins/Amanda Berry (CALD-W) 8-1
2. Amanda Kaufman/Rabecca Lausch (ESU-W) def. Olga Ndhlovu/Elizabeth Odell (CALD-W) 8-3
3. Jessica Wilson/Annie Vega (ESU-W) def. Danielle Levasseur/Kierra Tims (CALD-W) 8-2

Match Notes
ESU 1-0
Caldwell 1-2