Dukes Take Saint Louis, 4-1, to Move On at A-10s
April 21, 2007
Pittsburgh, Pa. - Duquesne University's number sixth seed women's tennis team, which split their opening day matches yesterday at the Atlantic 10 Championship Tournament, stopped no. 7 Saint Louis, 4-1, Saturday morning at Club 4 Life in Monroeville, Pa.
As they did in the 4-0 win over Fordham, junior Johanna Bezjak & sophomore Rachel McGowan, and junior Andrea Sailer & sophomore Alex Albano won their games, 8-6 and 8-4, respectively, to again give the Red and Blue a 1-0 edge heading into the singles contests.
McGowan, Sailer and senior Alicia McNamara won at singles to give Duquesne the best of seven victory. The Billikens lone point came at number one singles when Katie Lozanova topped Bezjak in a tiebreaker after each athlete won a game.
The Dukes next take on number five seed Xavier for fifth place in the tournament Sunday, April 22, 2007, at Club 4 Life, the Dukes' home court and site of last week's A-10 men's tennis championship. The championship will feature the top two seeds in this year's tournament, #1 Temple and #2 Richmond.
Day Two Results
#11 - #12 Saint Jospeh's 4 #13 St. Bonaventure 1 #12 - #11 Fordham 4 #14 La Salle 0 #13 - #5 Xavier 4 #9 Rhode Island 1 #14 - #6 Duquesne 4 #7 Saint Louis 1 #15 - #1 Temple 4 #4 Massachusetts 1 #16 - #2 Richmond 4 #3 Charlotte 1
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