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PURPLE KNIGHT WOMEN DEFEATED IN SEASON OPENER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                               FOR MORE INFORMATION September 17, 2005                                                                           Contact: Daniel O’Reilly                                                                                                          Phone: (802) 654-2929 COLCHESTER, Vt. – Saint Michael’s College was defeated 6-3 by Bentley College in Saturday’s Northeast-10 Conference women’s tennis match up at the SMC Outdoor Courts. The Falcons were lead by Julia Khomitch (Newton, Mass./Newton South), Lauren Ginsberg (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull), and Emily Bedrosian (Belmont, Mass./Belmont) who each contributed both a doubles and a singles victory. For the Purple Knights, junior Cailie Burns (Chepachet, R.I./ Ponaganset) and freshman Molly Harrison (Windham, N.H./Salem) teamed up to take a 9-7 doubles victory, sophomore Michelle Wood (Chatham, N.Y./Chatham) earned a 6-3, 6-3 victory in No. 4 singles, and freshman Megan Conway (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield) picked up a 6-2, 6-1 win in No. 5 singles. The Purple Knights will return to action on Sunday, as they travel to Syracuse, N.Y. to take on the Le Moyne College Dolphins at 1 p.m. MATCH SUMMARY Bentley 6 Saint Michael’s 3 Singles 1. Julia Khomitch (BEN) def. Cara Bednar (SMC) 6-2, 6-2 2. Lauren Ginsberg (BEN) def. Heidi Murphy (SMC) 7-5, 6-2 3. Emily Bedrosian (BEN) def. Cailie Burns (SMC) 6-4, 6-3 4. Michelle Wood (SMC) def. Heather Haggerty (BEN) 6-3, 6-3 5. Megan Conway (SMC) def. Katherine Giambalvo (BEN) 6-2, 6-1 6. Marcia Gillbride (BEN) def. Molly Harrison (SMC) 6-2, 6-1   Doubles 1. Ginsberg/Giambalvo (BEN) def. Bednar/Murphy (SMC) 8-6 2. Khomitch/Bednar (BEN) def. Wood/Conway (SMC) 8-5 3. Burns/Harrison (SMC) def. Haggerty/Ginsberg (BEN) 9-7 ###PURPLEKNIGHTS###

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