Women’s Tennis Falls in Season Opener at Saint Rose, 6-3
Krolikowski opens season with wins in both doubles and singles
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Krolikowski opened her season with a win at first doubles and a
straight-sets win at second singles at Saint Rose on Saturday
afternoon.ALBANY, N.Y. (September 17, 2011) – Senior Kaitlin Krolikowski (Massapequa, N.Y.) collected wins in both singles and doubles competition on Saturday afternoon, though the Franklin Pierce University women's tennis team was defeated, 6-3, at Saint Rose to begin their season with Northeast-10 Conference play.
As the match was season opener for both the Ravens and the Golden Knights, Franklin Pierce falls to an 0-1 start (0-1 Northeast-10) while Saint Rose begins their regular season at 1-0 (1-0 Northeast-10).
To begin doubles competition, Krolikowski teamed up with sophomore Natasha McCarthy (Rindge, N.H.) to pick up the 8-3 win and get the Ravens on the board in the first match of the day. As the Golden Knights took the final two doubles matches, sophomore Stephanie Wilhelm and freshman Lauren Romine each collected their first of two wins of the day, as they would each later win in singles play.
Franklin Pierce found its first of two singles wins in the second match as Krolikowski won, 6-4 and 6-0. It was not until the sixth match that the Ravens would find their second win in the form of senior Mariama Bonetti (New York, N.Y.) who took the victory in two sets, 6-4 and 7-5, to create the 6-3 final for the team match.
The Ravens return to the court on Saturday, September 24, when they open their home season with New Haven in a Northeast-10 Conference matchup set to begin at 1 p.m. in Rindge, N.H.
Results
Doubles
1. Kaitlin Krolikowski/Natasha McCarthy (FPU) def. Jennifer
Crego/Nicole Terribile (STR), 8-3
2. Stephanie Wilhelm/Erin Reeg (STR) def. Drew Alexander/Leslie
Rodgers (FPU), 8-2
3. Sarah Klein/Lauren Romine (STR) def. Nikki
Chalifoux/Melissa Cohen
(FPU), 8-6
Singles
1. Crego (STR) def. McCarthy (FPU), 6-4, 6-2
2. Krolikowski (FPU) def. Reeg (STR), 6-4, 6-0
3. Wilhelm (STR) def. Alexander (FPU), 6-3, 6-1
4. Terribile (STR) def. Chalifoux (FPU), 6-0, 6-0
5. Romine (STR) def. Cohen (FPU), 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
6. Mariama Bonetti (FPU) def Klein (STR), 6-4, 7-5
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