ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Sunday, October 5, 2003

Etown Falls Short of MAC Playoff Berth with 5-4 Loss to Moravian

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Elizabethtown came up short in its drive to reach the Middle Atlantic Conference playoffs for the first time since 1996 with a 5-4 loss to Moravian Sunday. With the win, Moravian improves to 10-1 overall and 6-1 in the MAC Commonwealth League, taking the league's second and final playoff berth in the process. Etown drops to 9-4 overall and 5-2 in the league, as the Blue Jays must settle for third place in 2003.

Moravian won a pair of razor-thin matches, taking number one doubles by a 9-8(2) score and winning at number four singles in three sets. The match started well for Etown with the Blue Jays taking two out of the three doubles matches. Mel Parenteau (Marydel, MD/North Caroline) and Kristy Trimbey (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks West) won 8-6 at number two, while Lisa Mervine (Reading, PA/Governor Mifflin) and Heather Lander (Accident, MD/Northern Garrett) won 8-3 at number three.

The Blue Jays were able to capture just two of the six singles matches, however, with Lander winning 6-4, 6-0 at number five and Trimbey taking number six by a 7-5, 6-3 score.

Elizabethtown still has a chance to run its win total into double digits for the first time since 1995, as the Blue Jays will host DeSales at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, October 12 in their final match of the season.

Moravian College 5, Elizabethtown College 4
Singles:
1. Marion Berry (M) defeated Stacy Shapiro (E), 6-3, 6-4
2. Becky Deringer (M) defeated Lisa Abel (E), 6-0, 6-0
3. Lauren Castagna (M) defeated Melanie Parenteau (E), 6-3, 6-3
4. Nicole Gruber (M) defeated Lisa Mervine (E), 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
5. Heather Lander (E) defeated Petia Damianova (M), 6-4, 6-0
6. Kristy Trimbey (E) defeated Julie Anderson (M), 7-5, 6-3
Doubles:
1. Deringer/Castagna (M) defeated Shapiro/Abel (E), 9-8(2)
2. Parenteau/Trimbey (E) defeated Berry/Jillian Iacovelli (M), 8-6
3. Mervine/Lander (E) defeated Damianova/Katie Cooke (M), 8-3