March 28, 2006

Three of the six singles matches went to a third set and Quinnipiac won two of the three to pick up what turned out to be the decisive point in a 4-3 win over Siena in Hamden Monday. Sarah Mayer won a thrilling three-set decision at top singles for the Saints.

" I could not be more proud of the team's effort, conduct and performance in today's match with Quinnipiac," head coach Tim O'Brien said. "Both teams fought hard to the very end with the three three-set matches finishing within five minutes of each other. We took them to the wire and Quinnipiac has a very good team."

Julia Lebedev and Meghan Slenkamp also won singles matches for the Saints. Quinnipiac swept doubles play to pick up the doubles point.

Results

Sarah Mayer(S) def Gabby Pasternak(Q) 4-6,6-2,6-4
Tina Huang(Q) def Taylor Barvoets(S) 1-6,6-3,6-4
Jackie Herb(Q) def Denisa Hluchova(S) 6-3,6-2
Amanda Petruzzi(Q) def Karina Davis(S) 2-6,6-1,6-4
Julia Lebedev(S) def Danielle Rodriguez(Q) 6-4,6-2
Meghan Slenkamp(S) def Amy Sarrazin(Q) 7-5, 6-4

Doubles
Gabby Pasternak/Tina Huang(Q) def Sarah Mayer/Taylor Barvoets(S) 8-4
Jackie Herb/Amanda Petruzzi(Q) def Denisa Hluchova/Karina Davis(S) 8-5
Danielle Rodriguez/Kasey Rosenberger(Q) def Julia Lebedev/Meghan Slenkamp(S) 8-3