The Mount Ida College women's tennis team dropped a 3-6 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) loss to hosting Emmanuel College this past Saturday. The Mustangs fall to 3-5 overall and 2-3 in conference play.
Emmanuel's freshmen duo of Amanda Woznicki and Kate Biffinger fell in first doubles to the Mustangs' team of Emilie Cloutier and Jessica Lindquist, 8-4. Freshman Brittany Rothstein and sophomore Emily Resnevic lost a 2nd doubles contest to Veronica Williams and Amy Warner, 8-6. The Saints were able to pick up a win in 3rd doubles, when junior Erin Thornton and rookie Christine Cuddemi teamed up to defeat Melissa Smith and Nanouma Joachim, 8-2. Both Thornton and Cuddemi were playing in their first match of the season.
With the three doubles matches complete, the Mustangs took a 2-1 edge into the singles action. Harrington, a 3-time GNAC Academic All-Conference selection and a 2009 2nd Team All-GNAC pick, was defeated in No. 1 singles, falling to Emilie Cloutier, 6-1, 6-2. This would prove to be Mount Ida's final point of the day, as the Saints rebounded to sweep the remaining singles matches.
Sophomore Jenna Reid knocked off Lindquist in 2nd singles, 6-0, 6-1. No. 3 singles featured a win by freshman Jenny Konecnik (Sparta, N.J.), 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, over Williams. Shakra, a 4-year player at Emmanuel and a 2-time Academic All-GNAC player, topped Warner, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 4 singles.
Sophomore Lauren Lesko played in her first match of the season and defeated Smith, 6-0, 6-1, in 5th singles. Junior Victoria Trull (Lowell, Mass.) topped Joachim, 6-0, 6-2, giving Emmanuel a point at No. 6 singles.
Mount Ida will play in Providence, R.I. at Johnson & Wales University on Monday at noon.