April 7, 2007

DeLand, Fla. - After losing the doubles point, the Marquette women's tennis team was unable to bounce back and saw its five-match win streak snapped at Stetson, 5-2, at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center. With the loss, the Golden Eagles fall to 11-11 overall.

The no. 2 doubles duo of junior Shannon Brown and sophomore Robin Metzler's win was Marquette's lone doubles win of the afternoon. They teamed to take down Stetson's Catherine Canady and Valentina Galbarini, 8-5.

In singles play, the Hats took the first four matches to secure the 5-2 win. Brown continued her winning ways at no. 4 singles and defeated Canady after losing the first set, 6-2. Brown won her 11th straight match of the season taking the second set, 6-3, and the tie-breaker 10-3.

Freshman Elly Strother saw action at no. 6 singles and improved to 5-4 for the spring by defeating Samantha Lange, 6-2, 6-2.

Marquette will travel to Orlando, Fla., to battle Central Florida on Easter Sunday at 11 a.m. EDT.

Stetson 5, Marquette 2

Singles
1. GALBARINI, Valentina (STET) def. Little, Lauren (MAR) 6-2, 6-1
2. ATKINSON, Breanna (STET) def. Watkins, Erin (MAR) 6-4, 6-2
3. LEONENKO, Anna (STET) def. Calbeto, Maria (MAR) 0-6, 6-2, 6-4
4. NOWICKI, Katherine (STET) def. Metzler, Robin (MAR) 6-2, 6-2
5. Brown, Shannon (MAR) def. CANADY, Catherine (STET) 2-6, 6-3, 10-3
6. Strother, Elly (MAR) def. LANGE, Samantha (STET) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
1. LEONENKO, Anna/NOWICKI, Katherine (STET) def. CALBETO, Maria/LITTLE, Lauren (MAR) 8-6
2. METZLER, Robin/BROWN, Shannon (MAR) def. CANADY, Catherine/GALBARINI, Valentina (STET) 8-5
3. ATKINSON, Breanna/ST. CLAIR, Katherine (STET) def. BONNELLY, Francina/WATKINS, Erin (MAR) 8-3