ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Saturday, September 11, 2004

Etown Blows Out Albright 8-1; Blue Jays off to Best Start Since 1993

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- With an 8-1 road win over Commonwealth Conference rival Albright Saturday, Etown improved to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the conference. The Blue Jays are now off to their best start through four matches since the Fall 1993 season, when the team went 11-1 overall.

Etown swept all three doubles sets to begin the match and won five of the six singles contests. Kristy Trimbey (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks West) gave up just one game the entire day, winning her match at number six singles 6-1, 6-0 and teaming with Mel Parenteau (Marydel, MD/North Caroline) to win their doubles match 8-0. Parenteau won her singles match at number three 6-1, 6-2. Stacy Shapiro (Audubon, PA/Methacton) won 6-0, 6-3 at number one singles for Etown, and she and Lisa Abel (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown) won 8-6 at number one doubles. Abel won 6-1, 6-1 at number four singles. At number five singles, Heather Lander (Accident, MD/Northern Garrett) won 6-1, 6-1, and she and Emma Smith (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown) teamed up to win 8-1 in number three doubles.

Elizabethtown will return to action at home Monday, September 13 against conference rival Lebanon Valley in a 3:30 p.m. match.

At Reading, Pa.
Elizabethtown College 8, Albright College 1
Singles competition:
1. Stacy Shapiro (E) def. Lisa O'Neill (A) 6-0, 6-3
2. Katie Miller (A) def. Emma Smith (E) 6-3, 6-4
3. Mel Parenteau (E) def. Jessie Huber (A) 6-1, 6-2
4. Lisa Abel (E) def. Bethany Adams (A) 6-1, 6-1
5. Heather Lander (E) def. Sherri Young (A) 6-1, 6-1
6. Kristy Trimbey (E) def. Becky Eshbach (A) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition:
1. Stacy Shapiro/Lisa Abel (E) def. Lisa O'Neill/Katie Miller (A) 8-6
2. Mel Parenteau/Kristy Trimbey (E) def. Jessie Huber/Bethany Adams (A) 8-0
3. Emma Smith/Heather Lander (E) def. Becky Eshbach/Sherri Young (A) 8-1