April 10, 2011
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The upstart Siena women's tennis team completed a winning weekend with a thrilling 4-3 victory over visiting Saint Peter's in Loudonville Sunday. Nicole Ross picked up the critical win with a three-set victory at No. 5 singles, sending the Saints to their third MAAC win in three tries this season.
"Nicole Ross had steel nerves today," head coach Andy Christodoulou said. "She was awesome, and the team showed her their appreciation at the end. I am pleased that we competed well again, and got the doubles point. It was a nice start and it's something we are starting to do more often this year. It was a seesaw match, and it could have gone either way, but we dug down and Nicole helped pull us through."
The Saints won the doubles point, by claiming an 8-5 win at top doubles, and an 8-3 win at No. 3 doubles. Saint Peter's took No. 2 doubles 8-6.
Leading 1-0 entering singles play, the Saints needed to split the six singles matches to take the match, and that's just what they did. In addition to Ross, Carly Holloway won 6-1 and 6-1 at No. 3 singles and Brittany Filip coasted to a 6-0 and 6-1 victory at No. 6 singles.
Guide to events and scoring system for Division 1 Collegiate Tennis:- Order of Events during Division 1 College Tennis match:
- the match begins with the three doubles matches, followed by the six singles matches
- Each team ranks its singles players from No. 1 to No.6 and its doubles teams from No. 1 to No. 3
- Players will match up by rank: No. 1 v. No.1, No. 2 v. No. 2, etc.
Team Scoring for Division 1 College Tennis:-
- Sum of 7 points. There are 6 points for each singles match and 1 total point for all 3 doubles points. The team that wins two out of the three doubles matches will earn the one available doubles point.
- The six singles matches are each composed of two out of three sets. the first player to win two sets earns a point for her team.
- The three doubles matches are each composed of one eight game pro set; If the score reaches 8-8 in a game, only then a 12 point tiebreaker is played to determine the winner.
- Under normal circumstances all MAAC matches should be played, even if one team reached the four points needed to win.
