Lewisburg, Pa. (September 20, 2009)--
Senior Emily Grugan won the Flight
'D' Championship to pace the Mount St. Mary's women's tennis team
at the Bucknell Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
Grugan downed Wesleigh Dinadio of Villanova, 6-4, 3-6 (10-6) in
the semifinals before earning a 6-2, 6-2 win over Bucknell's Liz
Larkin in the championship match.
In the Flight 'D' consolations, Emma Haley downed Loyola's
Liz Bergeron, 6-4, 6-1 before falling to Bucknell's Kirstyn Sotak,
6-0, 6-2.
Chelsea Johnson fell to
Duquesne's Zina Williams, 5-7, 6-2 (10-6) in the Flight 'A'
Quarterfinals. Johnson then downed Villanova's Courtney Reed, 6-2,
0-6 (10-5) in a consolation match. On Sunday, Johnson had a 6-4,
6-1 win over Loyola's Rachel Janasek in the consolation round.
In the Flight 'B' Quarterfinals, Kara Caufield fell to Sam Noble
of Duquesne, 6-1, 6-3. Caufield then defeated Courtney Casey of
Bucknell, 6-0, 6-1 in a consolation match. In the consolation
round, Carly Landini downed
Lauren Rothkamp of Bucknell, 6-3, 6-4, before dropping a 6-2, 6-1
match to Judy Lite of Loyola.
In the Flight 'C' consolations, Renee Deane downed
Liz Black of Loyola, 2-6, 6-0 (11-9) while Kelly
Conroy downed Duquesne's Steph Novakowski, 6-1, 6-1.
In Flight 'A' Singles consolation matches, Emily
Bolchoz lost to Demi Iepuras, 6-4, 6-2. On Sunday, Bolchoz
rebounded to earn a 6-4, 6-7 (10-7) victory over Duquesne's Rachel
McGowan in a consolation match.
In doubles action, Bolchoz and Deane downed Hoy and Lite from
Loyola, 8-6, before earning an 8-1 win over a pair from Villanova
On Sunday, Bolchoz and Deane downed Villanova's Erskine and
Solberg, 8-5, in the consolation final.
In Flight 'B' doubles, Grugan and Haley had a perfect day,
winning matches over a pair from Duquesne and from Bucknell.
Landini and Conroy lost their doubles match in the consolations.
The duo, however, fell to Duquesne's Conroy and O'Sullivan, in the
championship match.
The Mount hosts Saint Francis (Pa.) on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.