ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Thursday, April 3, 2008

Blue Jays Pick Up 5-3 Win over Dickinson

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CARLISLE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's tennis team won its fourth consecutive match with a 5-3 win at Dickinson College in non-conference action on Thursday afternoon.

The Blue Jays (9-2 overall) won three of the five singles matches played to conclusion and took two out of three doubles pro sets aaginst the Red Devils (6-5 overall).

Senior Emma Smith (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown) won 7-5, 7-5 at second singles over Joelle Nitzberg, junior Alice Yu (Athens, GA/Clarke Central) downed Sarah Woodward 6-3, 6-0 at third singles for her 49th career singles victory, and first-year student Minke Albers (The Hague, The Netherlands) won 6-0, 6-4 at fourth singles over Caitlin McGovern.

In doubles, sophomores Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) and Jessica Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) defeated Nitzberg and Woodward 9-8 (7-0) at flight two, and Albers teamed with first-year student Kelly Fisher (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt) for a 9-7 win over Jamie Wolf and Anne Newall at flight three.

Elizabethtown College 5, Dickinson College 3
Singles competition
1. Anne McGillicuddy (DC) def. Emily Swarr (ETOWN) 6-4, 6-7 (1-7), (12-10)
2. Emma Smith (ETOWN) def. Joelle Nitzberg (DC) 7-5, 7-5
3. Alice Yu (ETOWN) def. Sarah Woodward (DC) 6-3, 6-0
4. Minke Albers (ETOWN) def. Caitlin McGovern (DC) 6-0, 6-4
5. Melissa Nolan (DC) def. Jessica Russell (ETOWN) 6-3, 6-2
6. Merin Yu (DC) vs. Kelly Fisher (ETOWN) 6-3, 6-6 (2-0), unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Anne McGillicuddy/Caitlin McGovern (DC) def. Emma Smith/Alice Yu (ETOWN) 8-5
2. Emily Swarr/Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Joelle Nitzberg/Sarah Woodward (DC) 9-8 (7-0)
3. Minke Albers/Kelly Fisher (ETOWN) def. Jamie Wolf/Anne Newall (DC) 9-7