ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Thursday, October 2, 2003

Etown Slips Past Dickinson, 5-4, Blue Jays Improve to 8-3 Overall

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown hosted Dickinson in a non-conference match Thursday and won a close 5-4 contest to improve to 8-3 overall in 2003. It is the Blue Jays' highest win total since 1996, when the team went 9-4.

Etown picked up three points in the singles matches as Mel Parenteau (Marydel, MD/North Caroline) won 6-1, 6-2 at number three, Heather Lander (Accident, MD/Northern Garret) won 7-5, 6-1 at number five, and Kristy Trimbey (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks West) won 6-2, 6-1 at number six.

Etown also won two of the three doubles matches, as Parenteau and Trimbey teamed up for an 8-6 win at number two, and Lander and Lisa Mervine (Reading, PA/Governor Mifflin) won 8-3 at number three.

Elizabethtown will return to action Friday, October 3 as the host of a 3:30 p.m. match against Lycoming.

At Elizabethtown, Pa.
Elizabethtown 5, Dickinson 4
Doubles:
1. Melissa Sviatko/Julie Chalfant (D) d. Stacy Shapiro/Lisa Abel (E), 8-2
2. Mel Parenteau/Kristy Trimbey (E) d. Erica Tobias/Amanda Kaplan (D), 8-6
3. Heather Lander/Lisa Mervine (E) d. Shaunna Shelman/Lauren Madow (D), 8-3
Singles:
1. Sviatko (D) d. Shapiro (E), 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
2. Chalfant (D) d. Abel (E), 6-0, 6-0
3. Parenteau (E) d. Tobias (D), 6-1, 6-2
4. Kaplan (D) d. Mervine (E), 6-4, 6-1
5. Lander (E) d. Shelman (D), 7-5, 6-1
6. Trimbey (E) d. Madow (D), 6-2, 6-1