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- California Claims PSAC Women's
Tennis Title
- (April 25, 2008)
BLOOMSBURG--The California (PA) Vulcans won their
second straight Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference women's tennis championship with a 5-0
victory against Slippery Rock on Saturday.
The Vulcans cruised through doubles play losing just
six total games in the three matches, then picked up
two wins in singles play by identical 6-0, 6-0
scores. One of the players for California winning by
that margin was Helena Van Eysendeyk who earned the
MVP award for the tournament.
Cal improved to 23-2 with the win, while Slippery
Rock falls to 20-3.
In the consolation match Bloomsburg beat Kutztown by
a score of 5-2. Bloomsburg picked up two wins in
doubles action, then won the match with victories in
singles play by Alison Carney, Brittani Weeks and
Andrea Malatesta.
The Huskies are now 12-6, while Kutztown goes to
7-8.
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
California
5, Slippery Rock 0
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Doubles |
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1. Inga Chilingaryan/Helena Van Eysendeyk
(Cal) def. Kayla Blackburn/Laura Handy (SRU),
8-1 |
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2. Olga Alekseeva/Galina Vishnikina (Cal)
def. Samantha Blackburn/Jessie Hilborn (SRU),
8-4 |
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3. Marina Quintana/Nina Kowalski (Cal) def.
Lara Rizzi/Chelsea Gibson (SRU), 8-1
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Singles
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1. Van Eysendeyk (Cal) def. Kayla Blackburn
(SRU), 6-0, 6-0 |
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2. Chilingaryan (Cal) leading Handy (SRU),
6-2, 4-1, DNF |
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3. Alekseeva (Cal) leading Samantha
Blackburn (SRU), 6-1, 1-1, DNF |
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4. Quintana (Cal) leading Hilborn (SRU), 5-2
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5. Kowalski (Cal) def. Gibson (SRU), 6-0,
6-0 |
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6. Vishnikina (Cal) leading Rizzi (SRU),
6-0, 5-3, DNF |
THIRD PLACE MATCH
Bloomsburg
5, Kutztown 2
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Doubles |
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1. Barbara Joerns/Rohini Das (KU) def. Torie
Cunningham/Alison Carney (BU), 8-4
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2. Katie Hasyn/Brittani Weeks (BU) def. Tess
Wright/Kaeley McCabe (KU), 9-8 (4)
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3. Laura Sullivan/Andrea Malatesta (BU) def.
Sabrina Arnaud/Kristen Struble (KU), 8-4
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Singles
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1. Hasyn (BU) leading Joerns, 7-6, 5-5
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2. Das (KU) def. Cunningham, 6-1, 6-1
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3. Carney (BU) def. Arnaud, 6-4, 7-5
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4. Weeks (BU) def. Wright, 6-0, 6-1
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5. Sullivan DNF Struble, 7-5, 6-6 (2-7)
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6. Malatesta (BU) def. McCabe, 6-4, 6-3
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