Alexander collects lone point for Ravens

Drew Alexander posted a singles win for the Ravens against Southern New Hampshire on Thursday afternoon.

RINDGE, N.H. (April 9, 2009) – The Franklin Pierce University women’s tennis team was defeated, 8-1, in Northeast-10 Conference play at home against Southern New Hampshire on Thursday afternoon.

Freshman Drew Alexander (Long Beach, N.Y./Long Beach) collected the lone point of the day for the Ravens. She defeated Southern New Hampshire sophomore Courteney Blais (Paxton, Mass./Worcester Academy), 8-4 in the No. 5 singles match.

Five Southern New Hampshire players posted wins in both singles and doubles, led by sophomores Amber Chandronnait (Bow, N.H./Univ. of Nebraska) and Catalina Echeverry (Cali, Colombia), as neither lost a game on the afternoon.

The Ravens (2-8, 2-7 Northeast-10) return to the court on Saturday, April 11, when they travel to Saint Rose for a Northeast-10 Conference match at noon in Albany, N.Y. Southern New Hampshire (9-2, 9-2 Northeast-10) returns to action on April 14 at home against Queens.

Results
Doubles
Amber Chandronnait/Catalina Echeverry (SNHU) def. Kaitlin Krolikowski/Suzana Deronjic (FPU), 8-0
Lauren Nigrelli/Alison Waring (SNHU) def. Lauren Smilovich/Drew Alexander (FPU), 8-2
Courteney Blais/Meghan Welch (SNHU) def. Monica Lavertu/Bianca LaPointe (FPU), 8-2

Singles
Chandronnait (SNHU) def. Krolikowski (FPU), 6-0, 6-0
Echeverry (SNHU) def. Deronjic (FPU), 6-0, 6-0
Nigrelli (SNHU) def. Smilovich (FPU), 6-1, 6-1
Waring (SNHU) def. LaPointe (FPU), 6-0, 6-0
Alexander (FPU) def. Blais (SNHU), 8-4
Welch (SNHU) def. Kathleen Judge (FPU), 8-0