May 15, 2005 - After defeating Adelphi, 16-10, Stonehill Women's Lacrosse advanced to the 2005 NCAA National Championship to face West Chester University of Pennsylvania.  Senior Colby Confer registered three goals while rookie Kristin Darrell added two scores and an assist in Stonehill's 13-10 win.  The victory marked the team's second National Championship in three years.


Stonehill Defeats Saint Rose, 8-1

White leads Skyhawks to first team win of season with singles and doubles wins 

EASTON, Mass. (September 26, 2009) - Stonehill College opened defense of its Northeast-10 Conference women's tennis championship by posting an 8-1 victory over The College of Saint Rose at Charles Watt Tennis Courts today.

Sophomore Leah White (Walpole, Mass./Bishop Feehan) was a double-winner to lead Stonehill to its 13th-straight NE-10 regular season win. She posted a 6-3, 6-2 victory at No. 2 singles after teaming up with classmate Bacall Brooks (York, Maine/Saint Thomas Aquinas) for an 8-3 decision at No. 2 doubles.

Sophomore Lindsay Simmons (Wethersfield, Conn./Wethersfield) posted a 6-0, 6-3 decision at No. 3 singles for the Skyhawks, while freshmen Jacqueline Harrow (North Reading, Mass./North Reading) and Chelsea Haedrich (Islip, N.Y./Islip) both notched singles wins at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively, for the Skyhawks.

Freshman Jennifer Crego (West Shokan, N.Y./Onteora) picked up the lone point for Saint Rose with a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 1 singles.

Stonehill (1-0, 1-0 NE-10) is back in action on Wednesday when it hosts Franklin Pierce University at 6 p.m. Saint Rose (0-5, 0-4 NE-10) visits Adelphi University next Saturday at noon.

Stonehill 8, Saint Rose 1

Singles:
1. Jennifer Crego (STR) def. Amy Toegemann (STO) 6-4, 6-3
2. Leah White (STO) def. Missy Leighton (STR) 6-3, 6-2
3. Lindsay Simmons (STO) def. Kimberly Schacher (STR) 6-0, 6-1
4. Jacqueline Harrow (STO) def. Erin Reeg (STR) 6-0, 6-3
5. Chelsea Haedrich (STO) def. Valeria Bianchi (STR) 6-0, 6-0
6. Paige Frost (STO) wins by default

*Doubles:
1. Toegemann/Samantha Dircks (STO) def. Leighton/Reeg (STR) 8-2
2. White/Bacall Brooks (STO) def. Schacher/Crego (STR) 8-3
3. Harrow/Haedrich (STO) wins by default

* - doubles matches played first