March 11, 2008

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Rhode Island women's tennis team lost a 5-2 match to West Virginia, Sunday afternoon at Centre Court in East Providence, R.I. The loss drops the Rams to 7-3 on the season.

West Virginia got things started by claiming the doubles point with wins at No. 1 thru No. 3.

"While we were overpowered in doubles, we came back to put up a good battle in singles," noted head coach Sandy Wood. "Christen Cadigan dictated play with powerful crosscourt groundstrokes to defeat her defensively oriented opponent in a third set tiebreaker while Amanda Barletta also won the crucial third set tiebreaker which is a nice turn around after dropping two of them the previous weekend. Kristen Liu also played well for us, losing a good battle at #6."

URI's lone victories of the match came from Cadigan at No. 3 (6-4, 6-7, 10-1) and Barletta at No. 5 (2-6, 7-6, 10-8). The Rams were handed straight set losses at the other singles positions.

Rhody returns to action on Monday, March 17 when it faces Flagler in Daytona, Fla.

SINGLES:
1. Stacey Percival (WVU) def. Nyssa Peele; 6-1, 6-1
2. Natalia Prinz (WVU) def. Grace Hedstrom; 6-3, 6-0
3. Christen Cadigan (URI) def. Colleen Speaker; 6-4, 6-7 (10-1)
4. Ashley Pilsbury (WVU) def. Valerie Chacon; 6-1, 6-1
5. Amanda Barletta (URI) def. Gabriela Blaskovicova; 2-6, 7-6 (10-8)
6. Monique Burton (WVU) def. Kristen Liu; 6-3, 6-4

DOUBLES:
1. Percival/Prinz (WVU) def. Peele/Hedstrom; 8-3
2. LaFortune/Lyskawa (WVU) def. Chacon/Cadigan; 8-1
3. Pillsbury/Burton (WVU) def. Barletta/Catanzano; 8-0

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