Franklin Pierce topped by Southern New Hampshire, 7-2
Minott earns singles and doubles victories for the Ravens in the 2007 season-opener

MANCHESTER, N.H. (September 23, 2007) – The Franklin Pierce University women’s tennis team dropped its 2007 season-opener to Southern New Hampshire by a score of 7-2 on Sunday afternoon at the SNHU Courts.

Senior CoCo Minott (Pennsburg, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) earned victories in both her matches for the Ravens on Sunday to earn the team two points. In first singles play, Minott took out Lauren Nigrelli (Westerly, RI/Prout School), 7-5, 6-4, and she also teamed up with freshman Lauren Smilovich (Meriden, Conn./Sacred Heart Academy) to defeat Nigrelli and Kristen Franco (Bedford, N.H./West) in first doubles action by a score of 8-5.

Smilovich also put up a fight her third singles match against Juliet Verhofstad (Plymouth, NH/Plymouth Regional), falling 6-4, 6-1.

Franklin Pierce (0-1, 0-1 NE-10) will try to host its 2007 home opener for the second time this season on Oct. 5, as the Ravens welcome Le Moyne College to the Franklin Pierce tennis courts for a match beginning at 11 a.m. Southern New Hampshire (1-1, 1-1 NE-10) will take on Merrimack Sunday at noon.