Freshman Paige Frost was a double-winner for the Skyhawks, clinching the team win with a triumph at fifth singles. |
Stonehill Collects Key Win Over Saint Michael’s, 8-1
Skyhawks post 18th-straight NE-10 dual match victory
EASTON, Mass. (March 27, 2010) – Stonehill College ran its dual match winning streak against Northeast-10 opponents to 18 matches with an 8-1 victory over Saint Michael’s College in a Conference women’s tennis action in the Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex this afternoon.
Junior Lindsey Herchel (Hampden, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) led the double-winners for Stonehill, posting a 6-3, 6-2 win at first singles after combining with sophomore Amy Toegemann (Narragansett, R.I./The Lincoln School) for an 8-3 win at second doubles.
Freshmen Paige Frost (Brigantine, N.J./Holy Spirit) and Chelsea Haedrich (Islip, N.Y./Islip) were also double-winners for the Skyhawks. Frost clinched the team’s victory with a 6-2, 6-4 win at fifth singles, after combining with senior Samantha Dircks (Stony Brook, N.Y./Ward Melville) for an 8-3 win at first singles. Haedrich rallied for a 2-6, 6-4, 10-7 win at sixth singles after her and doubles partner, freshman Jacqueline Harrow (North Reading, Mass./North Reading), posted an 8-3 win at third doubles as the Skyhawks swept all three doubles matches to key the win.
Junior Deahna Giguere (Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee) picked up the lone point for Saint Michael’s with a 6-4, 6-4 win at second singles.
Sophomore Sarah Hickey (Lee, Mass./Lee) kept her unbeaten collegiate career intact by rallying for a 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 12-10 nail biter at fourth singles. She is now 26-0 in singles play in her second collegiate season.
Stonehill (9-1, 6-0 NE-10) is back in action tomorrow when it takes part in the Wheaton College Invitational starting at 10 a.m. The Skyhawks next dual match is Wednesday with a key matchup at Southern New Hampshire University at 3 p.m. Their next home match is April 7 when they host rival Bentley University at 3 p.m. Saint Michael’s (7-6, 6-2 NE-10) visits Bentley tomorrow at 10 a.m.
Stonehill 8, Saint Michael’s 1
Singles:
1 – Lindsey Herchel (STO)
def. Lindsay Horne (STM) 6-3, 6-2
2 – Deahna Giguere
(STM) def. Amy Toegemann (STO) 6-4, 6-4
3 – Lindsay Simmons
(STO) def. Marran Ranks (STM) 6-3, 4-6, 11-9
4 – Sarah Hickey
(STO) def. Marybeth Ash (STM) 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 12-10
5 – Paige Frost
(STO) def. Emily Magee (STM) 6-2, 6-4
6 – Chelsea Haedrich
(STO) def. Alexandra Dalton (STM) 2-6, 6-4, 10-7
*Doubles:
1 – Frost/Samantha Dircks
(STO) def. Horne/Ranks (STM) 8-3
2 –
Herchel/Toegemann (STO) def. Giguere/Ash (STM) 8-3
3 – Harrow/Haedrich
(STO) def. Magee/Catherine Dalton (STM) 8-3
* - doubles matches played first
