April 20, 2011
Final Stats
The Siena women's tennis team lost its MAAC semifinal match to regular-season champion Fairfield 4-0 Wednesday at the Billie Jean USTA Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. The setback ends the 2010-11 season.
"Even though we lost the doubles point, it was every close match at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles," Christodoulou said. "We will use this season as a foundation, and this loss as motivation for next year. This team is a special team, and they are coming into their own."
Wednesday's match was delayed over two hours due to rain in the New York City area. Fairfield took the doubles point with an 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles and an 8-6 victory at No. 3 doubles. The No. 2 doubles match was tied at 7-7 when it was called because the Stags had clinched the point.
Fairfield then posted victories at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 singles to clinch the match. Carly Holloway and Nicole Ross, each won sets at No. 3 and No. 6 singles, but their matches were called once the Stags reached the magic number of four.
Earlier in the day six Siena players were named to the MAAC All-Academic team, tying for the most in the conference. Brittany Filip (3.25 GPA in psychology), Jennifer Galante (3.45 GPA in English), Jennifer Messing (3.33 GPA in marketing and management), Nicole Ross (3.52 GPA in mathematics), Jasleen Sandhu (3.93 GPA in business) and Kellie Scullin (3.33 GPA in history) were all named to the team.
