MANCHESTER, N.H
– Top-seeded Southern New Hampshire University posted a 5-0
win over No. 8 seed Merrimack College in the quarterfinals of the
Northeast-10 Women's Tennis Championship Wednesday afternoon.
The Penmen, who won their 16th straight match, improve
to 17-1 and advance to the NE-10 semifinals for the third straight
season. The Warriors see their season come to a close at 6-13
overall.
SNHU will host a semifinal match on
Friday (April 23) at the SNHU courts. The Penmen will
entertain No. 4 seed Saint Michael's College, a 5-0 winner over
fifth-seeded Bentley University, in a 2:00 pm match. SNHU
played its closest match in conference play earlier this season
against the Purple Knights, edging them 5-4 in a match played at
Saint Michael's on March 30.
The Penmen swept the three doubles
matches. Amber
Chandronnait (Bow, N.H.) and Alena
Mukdaprakorn (Hartford, Conn.) were 8-2 winners at No.
1, while Catalina
Echeverry (Cali, Colombia) and Alison Waring
(Westboro, Mass.) were 8-3 winners at No. 2. Kara Pease (Falmouth,
Mass.) and Samantha Jean
(Bedford, N.H.) teamed up for a 8-3 win at third doubles.
Mukdaprakorn and Waring posted
singles victories for the Penmen, as Mukdaprakorn was a 6-0, 7-5
winner at No. 2, while Waring was a 6-1, 6-1 winner at No. 4.
SNHU, which captured its first-ever
Northeast-10 regular season title with a 13-0 league mark, will be
looking to advance to the conference finals for the first time
Friday.
2010 Northeast-10 Women's Tennis Championship -
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Southern New Hampshire 5, No. 8 Merrimack 0
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Amber Chandronnait/Alena Mukdaprakorn (SNH) def.
Cristina Lucin/Caitlin Dunn (MER) 8-2
No. 2 – Catalina Echeverry/Alison Waring (SNH) def. Mollie
Fitzgerald/Kyle Waddington (MER) 8-3
No. 3 –Sam Jean/Kara Pease (SNH) def. Courtney Garvey/Erin
McMahon (MER) 8-3
SINGLES
No. 1 – Chandronnait (SNH) vs. Lucin (MER) 6-3 (DNF)
No. 2 – Mukdaprakorn (SNH) def. Dunn (MER) 6-0, 7-5
No. 3 – Echeverry (SNH) vs. Garvey (MER) 6-0 (DNF)
No. 4 – Waring (SNH) def. Waddington (MER) 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 – Jean (SNH) vs. Fitzgerald (MER) (DNS)
No. 6 – Pease (SNH) vs. Siobhan Licudine (MER) (DNS)
RECORDS: SNHU 17-1, MER 6-13
