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















