Stonehill Breezes Past New Haven, 9-0

Senior Leah White combined with classmate Amy Toegemann to lead the double winners for Stonehill on Saturday.

Skyhawks drop just nine games in 15 sets on the afternoon

WOODBRIDGE, Conn. (October 1, 2011) – Stonehill College, ranked fourth in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division II East Regional rankings, dropped just nine games in 15 sets of play all afternoon on its way to a 9-0 victory over the University of New Haven in Northeast-10 Conference women's tennis action at Amity High School.

Senior Amy Toegemann (Narragansett, R.I./The Lincoln School) and freshmen Katie Gilligan (Wakefield, R.I./The Prout School) and Meryl Lawrence (North Scituate, Mass./Mount Saint Charles Academy) were all double-winners for Stonehill without dropping a game in two sets of singles action for the afternoon. Senior Leah White (Walpole, Mass./Bishop Feehan) and junior Jennifer Denyes (Bradenton, Fla./St. Stephen Episcopal) rounded out the double-winners for the Skyhawks.

Toegemann, who has won all 24 games in two NE-10 singles matches so far this fall, cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win over New Haven freshman Brianna Kraynak (Shelton, Conn./Shelton) at No. 2 after combining with senior Bacall Brooks (York, Maine/Saint Thomas Aquinas) for an 8-1 victory at No. 2 doubles. Gilligan and Lawrence combined for an 8-1 win at No. 3 doubles and then cruised 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 and 6 singles, respectively.

White and Denyes teamed up to post an 8-1 win at No. 1 doubles, before White notched a 6-2, 6-1 win over New Haven freshman Lindsey Conley (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) at No. 1 singles and Denyes picked up a 6-0, 6-3 victory at No. 3. Sophomore Kaitlyn Martin (Medway, Mass./Medway) also won in straight sets without dropping a game in No. 5 singles.

Stonehill (2-0, 2-0 NE-10) is right back in action tomorrow when it visits Pace University of another NE-10 dual match at 11 a.m. The Skyhawks return home to round out the fall season against Le Moyne College on Sunday, October 16, at 10 a.m. New Haven (0-4, 0-3 NE-10) visits The College of Saint Rose tomorrow at 1 p.m.

Stonehill 9, New Haven 0

Singles:

1. Leah White (STO) def. Lindsey Conley (UNH) 6-2, 6-1

2. Amy Toegemann (STO) def. Bre Kraynak (UNH) 6-0, 6-0

3. Jennifer Denyes (STO) def. Nan Sirihorachai (UNH) 6-0, 6-3

4. Katie Gilligan (STO) def. Melanie Johnson (UNH) 6-0, 6-0

5. Kaitlyn Martin (STO) def. Martha Petzoldt (UNH) 6-0, 6-0

6. Meryl Lawrence (STO) def. Christina Santos (UNH) 6-0, 6-0

*Doubles:

1. White/Denyes (STO) def. Conley/Sirihorachai (UNH) 8-1

2. Toegemann/Bacall Brooks (STO) def. Johnson/Jessica MacPhee (UNH) 8-1

3. Gilligan/Lawrence (STO) def. Kraynak/Brianna Salamone (UNH) 8-1