April 19, 2008

Rams Win One, Lose One in First Round of A-10 Championship

April 19, 2008

2008 Championship Bracket | Day One Results

PITTSBURGH - The sixth-seeded Rhode Island women's tennis team posted a 4-2 win over No. 11 Dayton before falling to third-seeded Richmond, 4-0, in the first day of competition at the Atlantic 10 Championship.

Against the Flyers, Rhody dropped the doubles point but came back and claimed the match in singles play with straight-set victories from Nyssa Peele (No. 1), Christen Cadigan (No. 2), Amanda Barletta (No. 5) and Kristen Liu (No. 6).

The win over Dayton advanced Rhody to a second-round matchup against four-time reigning A-10 Champion Richmond. There, the Rams surrendered the doubles point before dropping three singles matches (Peele at No. 1, Grace Hedstrom at No. 3 and Valerie Chacon at No. 4) to give the Spiders the 4-0 win.

Rhody is back in action against No. 7 Charlotte, Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

Rhode Island vs. Dayton
SINGLES
1. Nyssa Peele (URI) def. Allysa Detroy; 6-4, 6-1
2. Christen Cadigan (URI) def. Laina Grote; 6-4, 6-1
3. Megan Gray (UD) def. Grace Hedstrom; 6-3, 6-2
4. Valerie Chacon (URI) vs. Chelsea Glankler; 6-3, 5-3
5. Amanda Barletta (URI) def. Nikki Dzubay; 6-3, 6-4
6. Kristen Liu (URI) def. Molly Matthews; 6-2, 6-1

DOUBLES
1. Peele/Cadigan (URI) def. Detroy/Gray; 8-5
2. Dzubay/O'Connell (UD) def. Hedstrom/Chacon; 8-6
3. Grote/Matthews (UD) def. Barletta/Liu; 9-8 (7-5)

Rhode Island vs. Richmond
SINGLES
1. Pamela Duran (UR) def. Nyssa Peele; 6-0., 6-1
2. Erin Clark (UR) vs. Christen Cadigan; 6-1, 1-2 (DNF)
3. Ashlee Vosters (UR) def. Grace Hedstrom; 6-1, 6-1
4. Kelly Tidwell (UR) def. Valerie Chacon; 6-0, 6-2
5. Xenia Schneider (UR) vs. Amanda Barletta; 7-6, 2-1 (DNF)
6. Kristen Liu (URI) vs. Isabel Anna; 6-4, 0-2 (DNF)

DOUBLES
1. Duran/Vosters (UR) def. Peele/Cadigan; 8-1
2. Clark/Schneider (UR) def. Chacon/Hedstrom; 8-1
3. Tidwell/Zivanovik (UR) vs. Barletta/Liu; 3-3 (DNF)