Sep 20, 2008 MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – The Allegheny women’s tennis team swept all nine matches on Saturday as it defeated NCAA Division I opponent Robert Morris, 7-0.
Sara Longo (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) and the doubles team of Jackie Conrad (Fallston, Md./Fallston) and Margaret Hodgkiss-Lilly (Cleveland Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights) registered the most dominating wins of the day. Longo won her No. 4 singles match over RMU’s Sara Meier, 6-0, 6-0. At third doubles, Conrad and Hodgkiss-Lilly shut out Meier and Gwen Dalphon, 8-0.
Longo and Lauren Kristofco (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) won their match at first doubles, defeating Kali Delorie and Libby Shaw, 8-5. Alyssa Tom (Poland, Ohio/Poland Seminary) and Janna Dickerson (Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre) claimed victory over Katarina Rudneva and Maria Olaussen, 8-6, at second doubles.
In singles action, Kristofco handled Delorie at first singles, 6-3, 6-1, while Tom bested Shaw, 6-0, 6-4, in No. 2 singles.
At third singles, Dickerson rallied to beat Rudneva, 3-6, 6-0, 10-4. Elyse Schmitt (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper Saint Clair) thwarted a comeback attempt by Olaussen at fifth singles, winning 6-1, 3-6, 10-3, while Allison Elick (Lancaster, Ohio/Lancaster) defeated Dalphon, 6-2, 6-0, in sixth singles.
The Allegheny women will be in action next when they host Slippery Rock on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 5 p.m.