women's tennis

Apr. 17: St. Lawrence University junior captain Casey Gilman continued her impressive season on Friday, as the Gloucester, MA native won twice including the deciding singles match to give the Saints' women's tennis team a hard-fought 5-4 win against Ithaca College.

The Saints, ranked 24th in the region, move to 9-4 on the season after picking up their third consecutive victory, while the loss moves the 22nd ranked Bombers to 13-6.

St. Lawrence was able to pull out two of the three doubles matches to take a 2-1 lead against Ithaca. The visitors clinched the No. 1 doubles match, 8-4, as sophomore Stephanie Finn and Gilman improved to 7-1 on the year in dual-matches by beating Natalie Jenereski and Agata Kubik.

Alyssa Jaffe and Lindsey Johnston would get that point back for the home team with a narrow 9-7 victory against junior Chelsea Hubbell and rookie Barry Edgar at No. 3. However, senior captain Elizabeth Karam and first-year partner Hillary Drewry would deliver a clutch win at the No. 2 slot for the Saints as they held off Melanie Cohen and Melissa Nunez 9-8 (7-1).

St. Lawrence continued to chip away with singles wins at No. 1 and 5 by Finn and Hubbell, respectively. Finn defeated Devra Reiman 6-3, 6-2 while Hubbell downed Jenereski, 7-5, 6-3.

Apr. 13: The St. Lawrence University women's tennis team picked up an impressive 9-0 win over Rensselaer on Monday afternoon in Troy, NY. The Saints earned their second straight victory and improved to 8-4 on the season.

The Scarlet and Brown took a 3-0 lead on the Red Hawks in the doubles portion of the match, as the team swept the doubles for the fourth time in five matches. Junior captain Casey Gilman and sophomore Stephanie Finn beat RPI's Progga Das and Cora Wigen 8-2 at the No. 1 spot. Senior captain Elizabeth Karam and rookie Hillary Drewry handled Christine Roe and Caroline Albrecht 8-1, while junior Chelsea Hubbell and first-year student Barry Edgar dropped Krisha Subramanian and Kimberly Viles by the same score.

St. Lawrence continued their strong play into the six singles matches, as the Saints didn't drop a set to their hosts. Finn defeated Das at No. 1 6-3, 6-2 while Drewry and sophomore Paige Cohen each won their matches at No.'s 2 and 6 in perfect form, 6-0, 6-0. Gilman, Karam and Hubbell added singles wins at No. 3, 4 and 5 respectively.

The Saints will square off with Ithaca College on Friday, April 17 in Ithaca, NY in the final dual-match of the season. The 2009 Liberty League Tournament will then be held the following weekend at William Smith College.

Apr. 11: Sophomore Stephanie Finn and first-year student Hillary Drewry both won their singles and doubles matches to help pace the St. Lawrence University women's tennis team to a 5-4 victory over William Smith Saturday afternoon in Liberty League action in Newell Field House.

With the win, the Scarlet and Brown earn their seventh victory of the season and improve to a 7-4 overall mark, while the Herons fall to 6-4 on the season.

St. Lawrence used the doubles portion of the match to earn an undefeated 3-0 lead heading into singles play after Finn teamed with junior co-captain Casey Gilman in the No. 1 doubles spot, defeating Heron Chelsea Rauck and Joanie Hilton, 8-5. Senior co-captain Elizabeth Karam, playing in her final home match of her four-year career, and Drewry only dropped one game to William Smith sisters Amanda and Melissa Slack, 8-1, at No. 2 doubles while junior Chelsea Hubbell and first-year student Barry Edgar shutout Casey Kennedy and Jess McCue from the Herons, 8-0, to earn the doubles sweep for the home team.

In singles play, Finn and Drewry, playing at the No. 1 and No. 2 slots, respectively, earned the two wins necessary for St. Lawrence to prevail. Finn defeated Rauck 6-3, 6-2, while Drewry played Amanda Slack to a score of 6-4, 6-3.

Apr. 5: The St. Lawrence University women's tennis team was unable to overcome a 2-1 deficit after the doubles portion of Sunday's match against the University of Rochester, as the Yellowjackets won four of the six singles matches to earn a 6-3 win over the Saints in a non-conference showdown.

Junior captain Casey Gilman chipped in two points for the Saints, who fell to 6-4 on the season.

Rochester built a 2-1 cushion after doubles play with wins at No.'s 2 and 3. Elana Polivy and Mel Beckmann doubled up St. Lawrence senior captain Elizabeth Karam and rookie Hillary Drewry at No. 2, 8-4. Danielle Shreck and Jamie Bow gave UR a 2-0 lead after handing junior Chelsea Hubbell and first-year student Barry Edgar an 8-5 defeat.

The Saints were able to cut their deficit in half thanks to a dramatic victory by Gilman and sophomore partner Stephanie Finn at the No. 1 slot. The duo warded off Alexandra Goodman and Lia Weiner in a tiebreaker, 9-8 (7).

Though Gilman and Drewry picked up singles wins for the Scarlet and Brown, Rochester won each of the other four matches to claim the 6-3 victory. Gilman beat Bow at No. 4, 7-5, 7-5, while Drewry handled Goodman in straight sets at No. 2, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Weiner, Shreck, Polivy and Beckmann won singles matches for the Yellowjackets.

The Saints will look to avoid a two-match losing streak next Saturday, April 11 when they welcome William Smith to Canton, NY for a Liberty League dual match.

Apr. 4: The St. Lawrence University women's tennis team picked up their second straight win on Saturday afternoon, as the Scarlet and Brown swept Nazareth College 9-0 in Rochester, NY.

The Saints improve to 6-3 with the victory, which was their third 9-0 shutout of the 2008-09 season. Nazareth falls to 8-10 after suffering the loss.

St. Lawrence rolled to a 3-0 advantage in the doubles portion of the match. Junior captain Casey Gilman and sophomore Stephanie Finn cruised to an 8-1 win at the No. 1 spot over Danielle Carinci and Jess Faber, while senior captain Elizabeth Karam and rookie Hillary Drewry doubled up Elizabeth Way and Kelly Noble, 8-4.

Junior Chelsea Hubbell and first-year student Barry Edgar completed the doubles sweep with an 8-5 victory against Sherrita Wilkins and Jen Crane at No. 3.

The visitors carried their momentum over into singles play, as they won all six matches with only one going to a tiebreaker. Finn, Gilman and Edgar all won their matches 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1, 3 and 6 respectively. Meanwhile, Karam defeated Way 6-3, 6-2 at No. 2 and Hubbell handled Noble 6-2, 6-1 at No. 4.

In the No. 5 singles match, sophomore Paige Cohen overcame a first-set deficit to rally past Wilkins to give St. Lawrence a 9-0 win. The Pittsburgh, PA native dropped the opening set 6-7 (2-7) but rallied to win the second set 6-3 and the tiebreaker 10-5.

The Saints look to clinch a weekend sweep tomorrow, Sunday, April 5 when they visit the University of Rochester Yellowjackets.

Mar. 31: St. Lawrence University junior captain Casey Gilman and sophomore Stephanie Finn swept their matches on Tuesday afternoon, leading the Saints to a 6-3 win against Hamilton College in the Newell Field House.

St. Lawrence won for the third time in four matches to improve to 5-3 on the season. The squad used a sweep in the doubles matches to take a 3-0 lead that proved to be enough to hold off the Continentals in singles.

"We knew that doubles would be the key to victory in today's match, as they're a very solid singles team," said St. Lawrence head coach Jeremy Freeman. "I think we're gaining momentum heading into next weekend against Nazareth and Rochester."

Gilman and Finn teamed up at the No. 1 doubles position for the Scarlet and Brown and defeated Ashley Pardoe and Laura Brantley, 8-4. The Saints also received clutch performances from the tandems of senior captain Elizabeth Karam and rookie Hillary Drewry as well as junior Chelsea Hubbell and first-year student Barry Edgar. Karam and Drewry knocked off Deb Barany and Amelia Mattern 8-3, while Hubbell and Edgar handled Caroline Greenberg and Maile Thayer by the same score.

With a solid 3-0 lead on their side, St. Lawrence picked up three of the six singles matches to clinch the 6-3 win over Hamilton. Fresh off their doubles win, Finn and Gilman continued to shine in singles as they beat Barany and Greenberg in impressive fashion with 6-1, 6-0 wins. Finn beat Barany at the top spot while Gilman defeated Greenberg at No. 4.

Mar. 29: The St. Lawrence University women's tennis team trailed 2-1 after the doubles matches against Skidmore College on Saturday in the Newell Field House, but the nationally-ranked Thoroughbreds were simply too much in singles play, winning all six matches en route to an 8-1 win.

St. Lawrence falls to 4-3 overall in dual matches this season while the 25th-ranked Thoroughbreds improve to 8-2.
Skidmore grabbed a 1-0 lead thanks to a solid performance at No. 3 doubles by Laura Attley and Tory Engros, who defeated St. Lawrence's pairing of junior Chelsea Hubbell and first-year student Barry Edgar, 8-3. However, the Scarlet and Brown would respond with a tight 9-8 (7-3) win by senior captain Elizabeth Karam and rookie Hillary Drewry at the No. 2 spot. The team was able to hold off Skidmore's Stephanie Abrams and Allie Burns to tie the score at 1-1.

The spotlight then shifted to the No. 1 doubles match, which proved to be a back and forth affair between junior captain Casey Gilman and sophomore Stephanie Finn for St. Lawrence and Skidmore's top-two players, Danika Robison and Rachel Loeb. Finn and Gilman led 8-7 in the match, but their opponents were able to hold serve to force a tiebreaker. Though Skidmore pushed the Saints' duo to the brink several times, the home team battled back and staved off the loss until Robison and Loeb were able to escape with a 13-11 tiebreaker win.

Mar. 27: The St. Lawrence University women's tennis team overpowered SUNY New Paltz on Friday evening in the Newell Field House in the team's first home match of the spring. The Saints (4-2) picked up their second straight win, 9-0, over the Hawks (6-4).

St. Lawrence earned two quick points in the doubles portion of the match to take a 2-0 advantage. Sophomore Stephanie Finn and junior Casey Gilman handled Dana Lim and Stephanie Schara at the top spot, 8-1, while senior captain Elizabeth Karam and rookie Hillary Drewry made quick work of Lyndsey Lovinger and Kim Serkes, 8-2.

In the most dramatic of the three doubles matches, juniors Chelsea Hubbell and Liz Ronty found themselves trailing the New Paltz duo of Juliette Brandon and Danielle Garbarino. However, the St. Lawrence pairing battled back to force a tiebreaker, which they won easily to claim the match 9-8 (7-1) and give their team a 3-0 lead.

With the momentum on their side, St. Lawrence continued to cruise with six straight-set victories in the singles matches to earn the 9-0 sweep of the Hawks.

Finn, who has battled through injuries throughout the season, played well to defeat Lim 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1, while Drewry dropped Schara 6-4, 6-0 at No. 2. Karam fell behind 0-4 in her match at No. 3 against Lovinger, but reeled off an impressive string of 10 straight wins to claim the match 6-4, 6-0.

Mar. 20: In their final match of their spring trip to Hilton Head, the St. Lawrence University women's tennis team earned a 6-3 victory over Richard Stockton on Thursday earning three critical wins in the singles matchups and then sweeping doubles for the victory.

In singles play, junior Casey Gilman defeated Kelli Williams from Richard Stockton, 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 2 spot, while sophomore Paige Cohen claimed top honors in the No. 4 slot, defeating Stephanie Krupa 6-2, 6-1. Rookie Barry Edgar capped off the Saints' singles performance with a definitive 6-0, 6-0 victory over Rachel Scutti at No. 6 to give St. Lawrence some momentum as the Saints and Ospreys found themselves knotted at a 3-3 tie heading into doubles action.

Gilman teamed up with classmate Chelsea Hubbell in the No. 2 doubles spot and cruised to an 8-0 win over Richard Stockton's Ana Estevez and Melissa Wernoch, as did junior Liz Ronty and Edgar, who played a solid performance at No. 3 doubles against the Ospreys' Christina Ledwith and Laura Suey, earning an 8-0 victory as well.

Senior Elizabeth Karam, who lost in the No. 1 singles match against Richard Stockton's Christa Phillips, joined forces with first-year Hillary Drewry to defeat Phillips and teammate Christy Alexander 8-4 at No. 1 doubles, earning the team's 6-3 win.

"Every player in the lineup had a hand in a point today and that was great to see in our last match in South Carolina," said Head Coach Jeremy Freeman.

Mar. 18: The St. Lawrence University women's tennis team dropped each of their opening two matches in Hilton Head, SC by the score of 7-2 to both Macalester and Allegheny. The Saints will look to rebound on Thursday when they complete their spring trip with a match against Richard Stockton.

Because of the format of spring trip tennis competitions, the women's matches begin with singles play followed by doubles. Unfortunately for the Scarlet and Brown, only junior Casey Gilman and first-year student Barry Edgar have earned singles wins thus far.

In the Saints' opening match of the trip against Macalester, the Scots earned the match victory with a 5-1 mark in the singles portion in matches that were played to 8-game pro sets due to weather. Edgar was the lone St. Lawrence player to win her spot, as the Darien, CT native defeated Becky Schneider 8-4 at No. 6.

Sophomore Paige Cohen gave Kelli Crescenti a run at No. 4, but was defeated 8-5. Senior Elizabeth Karam lost 8-0 at No. 1 to Angie Horner, while Gilman dropped her match at No. 2 to Stephanie Lee, 8-2. Victories by Amanda Wenzel (8-3 over Chelsea Hubbell) and Abby Citrin (8-1 over Liz Karam) clinched the match for Macalester.

Despite the match's outcome already determined, the teams continued to play the doubles portion of the match, with Macalester winning two of the three spots. St. Lawrence's second point was chipped in by the duo of Edgar and classmate Hillary Drewry, who beat Citrin and Crescenti 8-4.