Pace Cruises Past Franklin Pierce, 9-0

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (April 6, 2008) – The Franklin Pierce University women’s tennis team was swept by Pace University by a score of 9-0 in a Northeast-10 Conference matchup on Friday afternoon in East Hartford, Conn.

All six Pace players were double winners, led by junior Nataljia Subotic (Brandenton, Fla./Edison Academic). She teamed with sophomore Kaylee Andersen (Goshen, N.Y./P.V. Moore) to take an 8-2 win at first doubles before sweeping Raven freshman Lauren Smilovich (Meriden, Conn./Sacred Heart Academy), 6-0, 6-0, in a first singles matchup.

Anderson also did not lose a game in singles play, defeating sophomore Erin Whyman (Corning, N.Y./Corning-Painted Post West), 6-0, 6-0.

Raven junior Kathleen Judge (Lowell, Mass./Lowell Catholic) nearly pulled out a win for Franklin Pierce, taking her sixth-singles match with Kira Dembeck into a tiebreaker. After dropping the first set, 6-2, Judge came back to take the second, 6-3, before Dembeck took control in the tiebreaker to earn a 10-4 win.

Franklin Pierce (0-11, 0-8 NE-10) plays its final match of the season away from Rindge on Sunday, when the Ravens travel to Manchester, N.H., to take on Saint Anselm College at 11 a.m. Pace (5-5, 4-5 NE-10) takes on Saint Michael’s College on Sunday afternoon.

Pace 9, Franklin Pierce 0

 

Doubles
1. Natalija Subotic/Kaylee Andersen (PAC) def. Lauren Smilovich/Bianca LaPointe (FP), 8-2

2. Nicole Zalak/Joana Augustine (PAC) def. Mariana Zahora/Erin Whyman (FP), 8-1

3. Rebecca Aaron-Albanese/Kira Dembeck (PAC) def. Monica Lavertu/Francesca Santoro (FP), 8-2

 

Singles

1. Subotic (PAC) def. Smilovich (FP), 6-0, 6-0

2. Zalak (PAC) def. Zahora (FP), 6-1, 6-2

3. Andersen (PAC) def. Whyman (FP), 6-0, 6-0

4. Augustine (PAC) def. LaPointe (FP), 6-0, 6-1

5. Aaron-Albanese (PAC) def. Santoro (FP), 6-3, 6-1

6. Dembeck (PAC) def Kathleen Judge (FP), 6-2, 3-6, 10-4