Lawrenceville, N.J. (October 19, 2013) -- The Mount St. Mary's women's tennis team picked up its third 6-1 win of the season, taking down Rider on Saturday afternoon to complete the fall portion of the schedule.
The Mountaineers (3-1) won two doubles and five singles matches to move to 7-0 all-time versus Rider (0-11).
Samantha Pinchoff and Liz Rossi downed Michelle Caravaglio and Alex Extejt, 8-1, at No. 2 doubles, and the pairing of Taylor D'Agostino and Erin Benefiel defeated Kim Leder and Annette Frankowski by a score of 8-0 at No. 3 to give the Mount the doubles point.
Rossi continued her strong play with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Caravaglio to improve to 3-0 at No. 2 singles on the season.
The Mount's No. 3 and 4 singles players, Kelly Smith and D'Agostino, kept pace with each other picking up their team-leading sixth singles wins with straight-set victories on Saturday. Kelly Smith defeated Kerrin Toner, 6-1, 6-0, while D'Agostino put on a dominant performance with a 6-0, 6-0 showing over Extejt.
Also earning a 6-0, 6-0 win on the day, Jennifer Smith took down Leder at No. 5 singles. At the No. 6 slot, Danielle Nguyen secured her fourth win on the season with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Rider's Leonora Paul.
The Mount will now turn its attention on the spring schedule.
Doubles
No. 1: Noll/Toner (Rider) def. J. Smith/K. Smith (Mount St. Mary's), 8-4
No. 2: Pinchoff/Rossi (Mount St. Mary's) def. Caravaglio/Extejt (Rider), 8-1
No. 3: D'Agostino/Benefiel (Mount St. Mary's) def. Leder/Frankowski (Rider), 8-0
Singles
No. 1: Allison Noll (Rider) def. Sam Pinchoff (Mount St. Mary's), 4-6, 6-3, 10-3
No. 2: Liz Rossi (Mount St. Mary's) def. Michelle Caravaglio (Rider), 6-2, 6-1
No. 3: Kelly Smith (Mount St. Mary's) def. Kerrin Toner (Rider) 6-1, 6-0
No. 4: Taylor D'Agostino (Mount St. Mary's) def. Alex Extejt (Rider), 6-0, 6-0
No. 5: Jennifer Smith (Mount St. Mary's) def. Kim Leder (Rider), 6-0, 6-0
No. 6: Danielle Nguyen (Mount St. Mary's) def. Leonora Paul (Rider), 6-0, 6-2