ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Sunday, September 23, 2007

Elizabethtown Women's Tennis Competes at ITA Southeast Regional Championships  

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. --- Members of the Elizabethtown College women's tennis team participated at the Wilson ITA Southeast Regional Championships on the campus of the University of Mary Washington during the weekend.

In the championship singles draw, sophomore Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) picked up a 6-4, 6-3 win over Nathalie Faure in her first match before losing 6-0, 6-0 to third-seeded Stephanie Kurti in a second-round match.

Senior Emma Smith (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown) lost 7-5, 6-2 to Nicole Andreini in her opening match, and fell 8-2 to fourth-seeded Brittnay Mataya in her first consolation match, while junior Alice Yu (Athens, GA/Clarke Central) dropped a 6-0, 6-0 match to Amanda Schubert in the opening round and fell 8-5 to Morgan Martin in the first round of consolations.

In the blue singles draw, first-year student Minke Albers (The Netherlands) fell 6-0, 6-1 to Anne Ailstock in the first round, then defeated Kaitlyn Garcia 8-3 in the first round of consolations before falling 8-0 to Erica Wood in the second consolation round.

First-year student Angela Cairns (Pottsville, PA/Pottsville) also competed in blue singles and dropped her opening match to Debbie Blass 6-0, 6-0. She then defeated Emily Schutze 8-3 in the opening round of consolation before falling 8-3 to Robyn Wendell in round two.

In championship doubles, Smith and Yu were seeded sixth and fell 8-2 to Blass and Julia Guarino in round one. In the consolation bracket, they defeated Rebecca Commito and Alexis Hickman 8-2 in the first round before falling 8-6 to Courtney Goimarac and Kate Malpeli in the quarterfinals.

Albers and Swarr defeated Maggie Bai and Faure 9-8 (8-4) in round one before falling 8-0 to third-seeded Jennifer Chui and Amy Staloch in round two.

Cairns teamed with sophomore Jessica Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) in the gray doubles flight and won their first match over Lieschen Cluiss and Schutze 8-2 before falling to eventual bracket winner Alex Bybel and Sarah Woodward in the quarterfinals.

Complete tournament results are available here.