Women’s Tennis Wins Fourth Straight, 8-1, at Alvernia

Freshman Christine Petrilla was a double winner in the win over Alvernia on Wednesday.

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Center Valley, PA (October 8, 2008) – The DeSales University women's tennis team won its fourth straight match on Wednesday afternoon defeating Alvernia University, 8-1, in a Freedom Conference match.

The Bulldogs improve to 8-3 overall and 5-1 in the Freedom, while the Crusaders fall to 5-8 overall and 2-4 in the Freedom.

In the doubles matches sophomores Jess Smith (Abbottstown, PA/Delone Catholic) and Kate Steiner (Walnutport, PA/Northampton) earned an 8-0 win at the No. 1 spot, sophomore MaryKate Boylan (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks South) teamed with freshman Christine Petrilla (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert-Hamilton East) to win 8-2 at the No. 2 spot and sophomore Amelia Lloyd (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson) teamed with freshman Krista Damirgian (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) to win 8-6 at the No. 3 spot.

In singles play, Steiner won 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 over Jenny McKee at the No. 1 spot, Smith won 6-0, 6-2 at the No. 2 spot, Petrilla took home a 6-3, 6-0 win at the No. 4 spot, Damirgian earned a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 win at the No. 5 spot and Lloyd was a 6-2, 6-4 winner at the No. 6 singles position.

The Bulldogs return to action on Thursday, October 16^th when they host Wilkes University in a Freedom Conference match beginning at 3:30 pm.

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