Marywood Edged by D2 East Stroudsburg, 5-4
Carly Leitzel picked up an impressive 6-0, 6-0 win at 2-singles against her D2 opponent Sunday

Marywood Edged by D2 East Stroudsburg, 5-4

Women's Tennis - 4/15/2012 3:58:00 PM

Match Results

East Stroudsburg, PA - Marywood University won four of six singles matches but were swept in doubles play as the Pacers fell to Division II East Stroudsburg University 5-4 Sunday afternoon in women's tennis action.  ESU improved to 5-16 overall while Marywood saw their record slip to 11-6.  Marywood got an impressive 6-0, 6-0 victory from Carly Leitzel at two-singles as the Pacers hung tough all afternoon.

After losing two doubles matches by a close 8-6 margin, Marywood fell behind 3-0 entering singles play when their one doubles duo of Leitzel and Melissa Hudock lost to ESU's Amanda Kaufman and Allison Bean, 8-1.  In two doubles, Beth Longenhagen and Rabecca Lausch edged Marywood's Kara Hoff and Megan Nastelli, while Annie Vega and Taylor Presby defeated Linday Burke and Beth Schneider at three-doubles.

Marywood got back into the match in singles play, winning four of six matches.  Leitzel led the way by blanking Bean at two-singles, and the Pacers got a victory from Burke at three-singles when she defeated Lausch 6-2, 7-5.  In four-singles action, Schneider beat Longenhagen 6-3, 6-3, and Nastelli earned a 6-4, 6-1 win over Vega in five-singles play.

Unfortunately, the Warriors picked up wins at one and six singles to secure the victory.  Kaufman beat Hoff in the top singles flight 6-0, 6-0 while Presby was victorious over Hudock, 6-3, 6-4.

Marywood returns to the courts Tuesday when they host Misericordia University at 3:30pm.
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