Women’s Tennis Moves to 2-0; Tops Messiah, 5-4

Sophomores Kate Steiner and Jess Smith were each double winners in the win over Messiah on Wednesday.

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Center Valley, PA, (September 3, 2008) – The DeSales University women's tennis team moved to 2-0 overall on the season with a 5-4 win over Messiah College in a non-conference match on a beautiful and sunny Wednesday afternoon.

The Bulldogs started things off with two wins in the three doubles matches as sophomores Kate Steiner (Walnutport, PA/Northampton) and Jess Smith (Abbottstown, PA/Delone Catholic) moved to 2-0 on the season with an 8-1 at the No. 1 doubles position. Sophomore MaryKate Boylan(Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks South) and freshman Christine Petrilla (Hamilton, NJ/Hamilton-Steinert East) followed suit as they 8-5 winners at the No. 2 doubles spot.

Needing just three wins in the six singles matches, DSU got just that as Steiner won at the No. 1 spot, 6-4, 6-0 over Christie McGinley, Smith earned a 6-0, 6-1 win at the No. flight over Katie Marstaller and Petrilla moved to 2-0 on the young season at the No. 4 spot with a come-from-behind 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Stacey Clark.

DSU takes its show on the road now with three straight matches away from home beginning on Thursday, September 11^th when they travel to Immaculata University for a non-conference match beginning at 4:00 pm.

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