FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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October 3, 2005
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Rhode Island College
Women’s Tennis Update #4
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(8-1 Overall; 6-0 in the Little
East Conference)
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Providence,
RI--Head
Coach Kelly Chartier’s team is 8-1 overall and 6-0 in the
Little East Conference. RIC is currently in first place in the LEC and
has clinched at least a share of the regular season title. |
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Anchorwomen
Notables |
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RIC has
not lost since its first match of the season vs. Salve Regina on Sept.
3. RIC has won its last eight matches and went 2-0 last week. Both
matches last week were against Little East Conference opponents. RIC
downed UMass Boston, 9-0, on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The Anchorwomen went
into Saturday, Oct. 1, tied with Plymouth State atop the LEC standings
as both clubs had posted 5-0 marks in conference play. RIC won the
match, 6-3, at home on Homecoming to take sole possession of first
place. |
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Anchorwomen like playing on their home court and the numbers back it
up. RIC has won its last 17 home matches. The team is 5-0 at RIC this
fall, was 8-0 last season and won their final four home matches of the
2003 campaign. The last time a RIC squad lost a home dual match was a
5-4 loss to Johnson & Wales on Sept. 16, 2003. |
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• Senior
Liz Barrette (North
Providence, RI)
was 2-0 at both number one singles and number one doubles on the
season. Freshman Megan Hall (Smithfield,
RI)
was a perfect
2-0 at number two singles and number one doubles on the week.
For
her efforts, Hall was named the Little East Conference Women’s Tennis
Rookie of the Week for the third time this season.
Freshman
Margaret Funk (Oakdale,
CT)
was 2-0 at number three singles and number two doubles. |
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Upcoming
Matches |
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Monday,
Oct. 3, home vs. Johnson & Wales, 3:30 p.m. |
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Thursday,
Oct. 6, at Clark, 4 p.m. |
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• Saturday,
Oct. 8, at UMass Dartmouth, 11 a.m. |
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The
Statistical Leaders |
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Singles Wins |
Doubles Wins |
Points |
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8, Megan Hall,
Fr. (Smithfield, RI) |
10, Megan Hall,
Fr. (Smithfield, RI) |
13.0, Megan
Hall, Fr. (Smithfield, RI) |
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8, Margaret
Funk, Fr. (Oakdale, CT) |
10, Liz
Barrette, Sr. (N. Providence, RI) |
13.0, Margaret
Funk, Fr. (Oakdale, CT) |
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7, Liz
Barrette, Sr. (N. Providence, RI) |
10, Margaret
Funk, Fr. (Oakdale, CT) |
12.0, Liz
Barrette, Sr. (N. Providence, RI) |
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6, Tara
Marchant, Jr. (N. Scituate, RI) |
9, Tara
Marchant, Jr. (North Scituate, RI) |
10.5, Tara
Marchant, Jr. (N. Scituate, RI) |
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5, Ashley
Gorman, Jr. (Cumberland, RI) |
9, Ashley
Gorman, Jr. (Cumberland, RI) |
9.5, Ashley
Gorman, Jr. (Cumberland, RI) |
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