EAST STROUDSBURG – The next action for the East Stroudsburg University women's tennis team will come in the PSAC quarterfinals on Monday at West Chester as the Warriors withdrew from the Bloomsburg Duals after the match-ups were postponed to Sunday due to inclement weather.
The Warriors' men's team will finish its season on Sunday with a non-conference match at USP in Philadelphia before the women compete in the PSAC Tournament for the second time in three seasons on Monday.
The ladies are 7-5 overall and went 4-2 in PSAC East play this spring, with wins over Millersville, Kutztown, Shippensburg and Cheyney and setbacks to Bloomsburg and West Chester to settle into the tournament as the division's No. 3 seed.
West Chester won all three doubles matches, including close wins at No. 1 and No. 2, and the No. 3 through No. 6 singles matches to post a 7-2 win over the Warriors in their first meeting on March 29.
Junior
Amanda Kaufman had a 6-4, 6-4 win over Brittany Counts at No. 1 singles and senior
Katie D'Ambrosia earned a 6-0, 7-6 (7-4) victory over Luisi Souto at No. 2, but Ali Fetter knocked off senior
Jamie Ferrigno 6-2, 7-5 at No. 3 in a spot that will be a key in Monday's quarterfinal.
In doubles, Counts and Souto had an 8-4 win over D'Ambrosia and Ferrigno at No. 1 and Fetter and Tara Krauss had a tight 9-7 victory over Kaufman and sophomore
Rabecca Lausch at No. 2. The Golden Rams had an 8-3 win at No. 3 doubles.
D'Ambrosia and Ferrigno, a three-time All-PSAC East doubles pairing, are 9-6 this season and 55-27 in their careers entering their second appearance in the PSAC Tournament. D'Ambrosia sports a 9-3 singles record, going 5-0 vs. the PSAC East, and can earn her 50th career win at West Chester. Ferrigno is 6-4 on the season and 52-22 in her career.
Kaufman has put together a 4-2 record at No. 1 singles in conference play and is a two-time All-PSAC East selection. Kaufman and Lausch are 8-4 overall and 4-2 against conference foes at No. 2 doubles, and Lausch was also 4-2 in conference singles play, mostly at No. 4.
Freshman
Annie Vega has held down the No. 5 singles spot and was 2-2 there against PSAC East squads. She has also formed half of the No. 3 doubles team along with graduate student
Jessica Wilson or freshman
Amber Adams.
The PSAC semifinals and finals will be contested on Thursday and Friday at Bloomsburg. The winner of the ESU-West Chester match will face California, the PSAC West top seed, on Thursday at 12 p.m. Bloomsburg is the top seed in the PSAC East and IUP and Slippery Rock will meet on Monday in the other first round match.