Worcester, Mass. -- March 25, 2009 -- Amy Shaw was most competitive, but her efforts were not good enough to prevent her Springfield College women's tennis team from suffering a 7-0 loss at Holy Cross this afternoon. With the loss, the Pride is now 2-10. Holy Cross, meanwhile, raises its record to 4-5.Shaw, a sophomore from Walpole, Mass., fought hard in the first set of her No. 1 singles match before losing, 7-5. She then lost the second set, 6-1, to her opponent, Kristen Meahl.
Final Score: Holy Cross 7, Springfield 0
Doubles
1) Kristen Meahl/Carolyn Chandley (HC) def. Amy Shaw/Kyla Walgren (SC), 8-3
2) Emily Marr/Emma Rudnick (HC) def. Funmi Olowookere/Talya Pessolano (SC), 8-2
3) Paige Brown/Kathryn Wilkie (HC) def. Kristi Maltz/Beth Slotnick (SC), 8-0
Singles
1) Meahl (HC) def. Shaw (SC), 7-5, 6-1
2) Marr (HC) def. Olowookere (SC), 6-1, 6-0
3) Rudnick (HC) def. Walgren (SC), 6-1, 6-1
4) Chandler (HC) def. Pessolano (SC), 6-0, 6-0
5) Hailee Lang (HC) def. Maltz (SC), 6-1, 6-0
6) Ivette Konopka (HC) def. Danielle Lamb (SC), 6-0, 6-0
Toby Coffin G’01, enters his third year as the head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Springfield College. Coffin, who has coached at numerous high schools in the area, will look to build a program which will contend for a conference crown.
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