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Sept. 20, 2008

Shaker grads Sarah Mayer and Jasleen Sandhu each posted easy wins in their first round singles' matches Saturday on the opening day of play in the third annual Siena College Women's Tennis Invitational at Central Park in Schenectady. Mayer and Sandhu also teamed to win two doubles competitions, advancing to tomorrow's finals where they will meet Ashley Rissolo and Ayushi Sinha of Providence College.

The Saints received strong contributions up and down their roster. Danielle Crill defeated Ivette Konopka of Holy Cross to move into Sunday's B-Flight semifinals and Jes Asselin topped Amy McDevitt of Providence in the First Round of the C Flight. Lauren Garbade and Jes Messing posted straight set wins in the D-Flight to also earn semifinal berths.

Mayer won 6-1 and 6-0 over Kara Pease of Hartford, while Sandhu toppled Hartford's Kasey Michels 6-1 and 6-3 to advance. Rissolo and Sinha complete the final four in the A Flight.

If Mayer and Sandhu can win their first match tomorrow, they will meet in the finals at 1 p.m. That match would follow the doubles final, which pits the duo against Hartford's top tandem at 10:30 a.m.

The B Flight doubles final features Asselin and Nicole Ross (also of Shaker High) against McDevitt and Albert of Providence.

Tournament play resumes with singles semifinal play at 9 a.m.

Siena Women's Tennis
2008 Invitational at
Central Park, Schenectady, NY
NCAA Division 1
Hartford, Holy Cross, Providence, Siena
Saturday, Sep 20

Singles
A-Flight
Sarah Mayer(SIE) def Kara Pease(UH) 6-1,6-0
Ashley Rissolo(PC) def Kristen Meahl(HC) 5-7,6-3,10-6
Jasleen Sandhu(SIE) def Kasey Michels(UH) 6-1,6-3
Ayushi Sinha(PC) def Emma Rudnik(HC) 6-2,6-3

B-Flight
Maggie Sabatino(UH) def Melanie Albert(PC) 7-6,6-0
Danielle Crill(SIE) def Ivette Konopka(HC) 6-3,6-4
Emily Marr(HC) def Lauren Moy(SIE) 4-6,6-4, 10-7
Meg Gilroy(PC) def Nikki Haynal(UH) 6-1,6-1

C-Flight
Melanie Bunke(HC) def Jess Ruggles(UH) 6-1,6-1
Jes Asselin(SIE) def Amy McDevittPC) 6-0,6-0
Jen Cusack(PC) def Nicole Ross(SIE) 6-4, 6-0
Carolyn Chandley(HC) def Katie Greenberg(UH) 6-2,6-0

D-Flight
Kathryn Wilkie(HC) def Margaret Potkay(UH) 6-0,6-0
Lauren Garbade(SIE) def Courtney Fuller(PC) 6-0, 6-4
Jen Messing(SIE) def Gulay Ozdemir(UH) 6-0, 6-0
Ally Wegner(PC) def Megan Manahan(HC) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles

A-Flight
Mayer/Sandhu(SIE) def Marr/Chandley(HC) 8-3
Gilroy/Cusack(PC) def Michels/Sabatino(UH) 8-5
Crill/Moy(SIE) def Meahl & Rudnik(HC) 8-4
Sinha/Rissolo(PC) def Pease/Haynal(UH) 8-2
Mayer/Sandhu(SIE) def Gilroy/Cusack(PC) 8-5
Sinha/Rissolo(PC) def Crill/Moy(SIE) 8-4

Backdraw
Marr/Chandley(HC) def Michels/Sabatino(UH) 8-6
Meahl & Rudnik(HC) def Pease/Haynal(UH) 8-5

B-Flight
Wilkie & Paige Brown(HC) def Fuller/Wegner(PC) 8-5
Ross/Asselin(SIE) def Ozdemir/Potkay(UH) 8-0
Greenberg/Ruggles(UH) def Scullin/Sigeti(SIE) 8-5
Albert/McDevitt(PC) def Manahan/Bunke(HC) 8-3
Ross/Asselin(SIE) def Wilkie & Paige Brown(HC) 8-6
Albert/McDevitt(PC) def Greenberg/Ruggles(UH) 8-3

Backdraw
Fuller/Wegner(PC) def Ozdemir/Potkay(UH) 8-0
Manahan/Bunke(HC) def Scullin/Sigeti(SIE) 8-5