April 1, 2010

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA - The Saint Joseph's women's tennis team fell to city-rival Temple, 6-1, Thursday afternoon at the SJU Tennis Complex. The Hawks got a gritty victory from Sally Kalani Stainier at the third singles flight as the sophomore played through pain for a three-set win.

The Owls jumped out to a 1-0 lead sweeping the three doubles matches.

In singles, Stainier persevered through a food injury, posting a 2-6, 7-5, 10-6 win over Josephine Bergman for the Hawks' lone point of the match. Saint Joseph's, playing shorthanded for the fourth straight match, dropped the other singles matches, including a hard-fought three-set loss by junior Maggie Mullaney at the top flight.

Saint Joseph's (4-14) travels to Fairleigh Dickinson next Tuesday for 3 p.m. match with the Knights.

Singles
1. Lucie Pazderova (TU) def. Maggie Mullaney (SJU) 4-6, 7-5, 11-9
2. Anastasiia Rukavyshnykova (TU) def. Laura Matz (SJU) 6-1, 6-2
3. Sally Kalani Stainier (SJU) def. Josephine Bergman (TU) 2-6, 7-5, 10-6
4. Theresa Stangl (TU) def. Nicole Esposito (SJU) 7-5, 6-1
5. May Johnson (TU) def. Tara Walsh (SJU) 6-2, 6-0
6. Katharina Mittag (TU) def. Kate Dowd (SJU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1. Pazderova/ Mittag (TU) def. Mullaney/ Matz (SJU) 8-4
2. Rukavyshnykova/ Bergman (TU) def. Kalani Stainier/ Esposito (SJU) 8-2
3. Johnson/ Stangl (TU) def. Walsh/ Dowd (SJU) 8-0