ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Sunday, October 17, 2004

Complete Etown Results from MAC Singles and Doubles Championships Available; Mel Parenteau Sets New Modern Career Singles Record; Heather Lander Sets Season Singles Record; Lander Wins Number Five Singles Flight; Shapiro & Trimbey Win Number One Doubles Flight

MADISON, N.J. --- Players from Elizabethtown College, the 2004 Commonwealth Conference team champion in women's tennis, competed at the Middle Atlantic Conferences Individual Singles and Doubles Championships Saturday and Sunday at Drew University. The MAC Individual Championships pits individuals and doubles teams from all of the schools of the Commonwealth and Freedom Conferences against each other. For the first time this year, the MAC Individual Championships were flighted, resulting in separate MAC Individual titles for all six singles positions and all three doubles positions.

Heather Lander (Accident, MD/Northern Garrett) won the number five singles flight, winning three matches after a first round bye and defeating Fiona Burns of Drew 7-5, 6-4 in the championship match. By winning three matches over the weekend in singles, Lander also tied the Etown season record for most singles wins with 18. Kristy Trimbey (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks West) finished as the MAC runner-up in the number six singles flight, going 2-1 after a first round bye.

On Saturday, senior Mel Parenteau (Marydel, MD/North Caroline) set a new Elizabethtown modern program record for most career singles wins with 39 when she defeated Meredith Rempala of Messiah College 6-4, 6-4. Parenteau went on to win her first singles match of the day Sunday to advance to the conference championship at number three and boost her career singles win total to 40. She ended the day as the MAC number three singles runner-up.

In doubles, the team of Stacy Shapiro (Audubon, PA/Methacton) and Trimbey won the MAC number one flight despited being seeded third. The pair won four matches over the weekend, including a 9-8 (4) championship match win over the second-seeded pair from Moravian.

All of Etown's entries were still competing and heading to the semifinals of their respective flights at the end of Saturday's competition. Elizabethtown was the only team in the tournament to have had all of its entries seeded, and it was also the only team to see all of its entries reach at least the semifinals in their respective flights.

at Madison, N.J.
Middle Atlantic Conferences Individual Singles and Doubles Championships
(Seedings numbered)
Singles 1:
#2 Stacy Shapiro (E) d. Kelly Leach (Wilkes) 6-1, 6-1
#2 Stacy Shapiro (E) d. Meg Barnickel (Messiah) 6-1, 6-2
#3 Megan Michael (King's) d. #2 Stacy Shapiro (E) 6-3, 6-0
Singles 2:
#4 Emma Smith (E) d. Madonna Fiero (Widener) 6-1, 6-3
#4 Emma Smith (E) d. Sara Ryder (Wilkes) 6-3, 6-3
#1 Crystal Vo (Drew) d. #4 Emma Smith (E) 6-1, 6-2
Singles 3:
#2 Mel Parenteau (E), first round bye
#2 Mel Parenteau (E) d. Meredith Rempala (Messiah) 6-4, 6-4
#2 Mel Parenteau (E) d. #3 Nicole Gruber (Moravian) 2-6, 6-3, (10-6)
#1 Courtney McClurkin (DeSales) d. #2 Mel Parenteau (E) 6-0, 6-0
Mel Parenteau runner-up of number three singles flight
Singles 4:
#1 Lisa Abel (E), first round bye
#1 Lisa Abel (E) d. Jillian Iacovelli (Moravian) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
#1 Lisa Abel (E) d. #3 Amanda Lubold (Lebanon Valley) 6-0, 6-0
Danielle Red (Scranton) d. #1 Lisa Abel (E) 7-5, 2-6, (10-6)
Lisa Abel runner-up of number four singles flight
Singles 5:
#1 Heather Lander (E), first round bye
#1 Heather Lander (E) d. Sadie Sumner (Messiah) 6-7 (2-7), 6-2, (10-5)
#1 Heather Lander (E) d. Cassie Malone (Wilkes) 6-0, 6-0
#1 Heather Lander (E) d. #2 Fiona Burns (Drew) 7-5, 6-4
Heather Lander wins number five singles flight
Singles 6:
#2 Kristy Trimbey (E), first round bye
#2 Kristy Trimbey (E) d. Rebecca Grant (Messiah) 6-4, 6-3
#2 Kristy Trimbey (E) d. #3 Kristin Bellino (Scranton) 4-6, 6-2, (10-2)
#1 Brittany Popaca (Moravian) d. #2 Kristy Trimbey (E) 6-4, 6-3
Kristy Trimbey runner-up of number six singles flight
Doubles 1:
#3 Shapiro/Trimbey (E) d. Lampe/Rice (Susquehanna) 8-4
#3 Shapiro/Trimbey (E) d. Michael/Klausavich (King's) 8-4
#3 Shapiro/Trimbey (E) d. Burke/Luetzow (Drew) 9-8 (7-4)
#3 Shapiro/Trimbey (E) d. #2 Deringer/Iacovelli (Moravian) 9-8 (7-4)
Shapiro/Trimbey win number one doubles flight
Doubles 2:
#2 Smith/Parenteau (E), first round bye
#2 Smith/Parenteau (E) d. Hunter/Hill (King's) 8-5
McElvaney/McClurkin (DeSales) d. #2 Smith/Parenteau (E) 8-2
Doubles 3:
#1 Lander/Mervine (E), first round bye
#1 Lander/Mervine (E) d. Sullivan/Yeckley (Scranton) 8-5
Moyer/Handman (Susquehanna) d. #1 Lander/Mervine (E) 8-4