Press Release

         PURPLE KNIGHT WOMEN SNAP SKID, BLANK SAINT ANSELM, 9-0

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April 7, 2005                                                                                       Contact: Seth Cole
Courtesy Saint Anselm Sports Information                                            Phone: (802) 654-2537

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Saint Michael’s swept Saint Anselm by a score of 9-0 in a Northeast-10 Conference match Thursday afternoon.

The Purple Knights won all six singles matches in straight sets to improve to 5-3 on the season, 4-3 in the conference. The Hawks drop to 2-6 overall, 1-6 NE-10 with the loss.

The first match of the day was the closest as SMC’s Shannon Bergin and Heidi Murphy outlasted Saint Anselm’s Lauren Koloski (Newbury, Mass./ Triton Reg.) and Chelsea Allan (Milford, Mass./ Milford) at #1 Doubles, needing a 7-3 tiebreaking score to offset an 8-8 stalemate.

The Hawks will be back at home on Saturday when the Hawks travel to Bentley.
 
SINGLES
Fl.     Players       
1       Shannon Bergin (STM) defeated Lauren Koloski (STA)      6-0     6-2            
2       Cara Bednar (STM) defeated Chelsea Allan (STA)            6-4     6-1            
3       Heidi Murphy (STM) defeated Jessie Brennan (STA)        6-3     6-3            
4       Liz Clements) defeated Mary Edgarton (STA)                  6-3     6-1            
5       Michelle Wood (STM) defeated Bonnie Collier (STA)        6-4     6-3            
6       Megan Conway (STM) defeated Maura McKenney (STA)  6-2     6-1            

DOUBLES

Fl.     Players       
1       Bergin & Murphy (STM) defeated Allan & Koloski (STA)              8-8 (7-3)      
2       Bednar & Clemente (STM) defeated Brennan & Edgarton (STA)   8-3    
3       Wood & Conway (STM) defeated Collier & Erin Burns (STA)       8-1    

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