May 6, 2009

Women’s Tennis Makes NCAA Tournament Debut Thursday at Stonehill

EASTON, MA – The Merrimack women’s tennis team will make its first NCAA Tournament appearance on Thursday when it battles host and second-ranked Stonehill at 11 a.m.

The Warriors earned the seventh seed in the east region after finishing in fifth place in the Northeast-10 with a 10-7 overall record, 9-3 in the Northeast-10.

The winner of Thursday’s match will battle the winner of #6 Saint Michael’s and #3 Queens on Friday in the second round at Stonehill.

The other half of the east region, hosted by Bentley, matches Concordia (NY) with Philadelphia and Bentley with Southern New Hampshire.

Five Warriors were named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference team last Sunday, including Christina Lucin (Wesley Chapel, FL), who was named to the second-team singles in the #2 position and first team doubles in the #2 slot. Lucin was 12-3 in #2 singles this season and teamed with Stellina Saia (Wakefield, MA) in doubles to go 6-3. Saia was an all-conference selection for doubles. Amanda Carroll (Tewksbury, MA) earned third-team honors at #3 singles. Carroll totaled a 12-2 record in #3 singles.

Earlier this season, Stonehill won then its 11th straight match, defeating Merrimack 7-2 on April 3. Lucin won both of her matches, winning #2 singles 6-2, 6-4 and teaming with Saia for an 8-6 victory in #2 doubles.

Stonehill has won a school-record 19 matches and is 19-3 this season. They completed their first perfect Northeast-10 season with their first NE-10 regular season and tournament titles since 1992. They have won 16 of their last 17 matches, with a 5-4 loss to Queens on April 15 being the lone blemish.


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