Sept. 21, 2006

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA - The Saint Joseph's women's tennis team avenged its only loss of the season Wednesday afternoon as the Hawks downed Mount St. Mary's, 5-2, at Finnesey Courts.

Saint Joseph's, who dropped its only match of the season to the Mount, 3-2, in early September, grabbed the opening point of the match as all three doubles teams won their matches. The duo of freshman Jennifer Kedzierski and junior Stephania Velazquez earned an 8-3 victory over Katie Meuthing and Kaitlin Hallahan at No. 1 doubles, while SJU's Gina DiGiacomo and Marisa Donelson downed Jen Iosue and Chelseas Johnson 8-6 at the second pairing. The Hawks' team of sophomore Krysta Contino and junior Lauren Kuhmerker earned the sweep of the doubles matches as they downed Ashley Wentzel and Alicia Patterson 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.

In individual competition, Saint Joseph's claimed the match with wins at No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 6 singles. Playing at first singles, Velazquez was a straight-set winner over Hallahan, 6-4, 6-2, while Kedzierski kept her unbeaten record intact with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Muething at No. 2 singles. Guers' 6-1, 6-3 win over Iosue at No. 3 singles capped the match for the Hawks and Donelson closed out the match by defeating Christine Pace 6-0, 6-3.

With the victory, the Hawks improve to 5-1 on the season, while the Mount falls to 4-2 on the year.

Saint Joseph's returns to action Thursday, September 21 at Delaware.

Singles
1. Stephania Velazquez (SJU) def. Kaitlin Hallahan (MSM) 6-4, 6-2
2. Jennifer Kedzierski (SJU) def. Katie Muething (MSM) 6-3, 6-2
3. Erika Guers (SJU) def. Jen Iosue (MSM) 6-1, 6-3
4. Chelsea Johnson (MSM) def. Gina DiGiacomo (SJU) 6-0, 6-3
5. Whitney Edmonds (MSM) def. Krysta Contino (SJU) 6-0, 4-6, 7-6
6. Marisa Donelson (SJU) def. Christine Pace (MSM) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles
1. Velazquez/Kedzierski (SJU) def. Hallahan/Muething (MSM) 8-3
2. DiGiacomo/Donelson (SJU) def. Iosue/Johnson (MSM) 8-6
3. Contino/Lauren Kuhmeker (SJU) def. Ashley Wentzel/Alicia Patterson (MSM) 8-2