WOMEN’S TENNIS CLOSES OUT 2009 HOME SCHEDULE WITH 6-3 WIN OVER ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Box Score vs. STAC - September 28, 2009

Box Score vs. STAC - October 2, 2009

BALDWIN, N.Y. (Oct. 2, 2009) – On Friday, the Molloy College women’s tennis team capped off its home slate for the 2009 campaign with a 6-3 victory against East Coast Conference nemesis St. Thomas Aquinas College at Baldwin Park in Baldwin, N.Y. The Lions have now gone to 2-6 overall and 1-3 when taking on league foes. They also snapped a losing streak of six straight matches.

Junior Danielle Bicknell (Nanuet, N.Y.) and senior Alison Reeg (Stony Point, N.Y.) opened things up for STAC (4-4, 1-4 ECC) with an 8-4 besting of freshmen Caitlin Ortiz (Huntington Station, N.Y.) and Jeana Frey (Island Park, N.Y.) at No. 1 doubles. Senior Shannon Skeggs (Southold, N.Y.) and freshman Madeline Jurlano (Middle Village, N.Y.) then answered with an 8-4 win of their own at No. 2 doubles. At third doubles, senior Annie Ayala (South Hempstead, N.Y.) and sophomore Alex Bonventre (West Babylon, N.Y.) won 8-3.

Frey bounced back from doubles with a straight-set (6-3, 6-2) victory against Reeg at No. 1 singles. During the second flight, sophomore Kristen Schimpf (Washington Township, N.J.) beat sophomore Angeline Asaro (Deer Park, N.Y.) by a 6-2, 6-0 count. Molloy then went on to claim the next three singles decisions to put the contest away for good. Jurlano bested Bicknell at the third position, 7-6, 6-2. Bonventre won a 7-5, 6-2 decision over sophomore Christine Patruno (New York, N.Y.) at No. 4 singles, while Ayala got a three-set win at the fifth flight.

Head Coach Terry Hirten and the Lions return to the court this Sunday when they travel down Interstate-95 to Washington, D.C. for a matinee match-up versus East Coast Conference newcomer University of the District of Columbia. First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m.