April 9, 2005

Slippery Rock, Pa. - Ashley Michaux won the decisive No. 1 singles match to give The Rock a 5-4 win over visiting Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference rival Shippensburg.

Michaux won the first set 6-3, then lost the second set 7-5 before she reversed that score to win the third set by a 7-5 margin.

Saturday's win improved SRU's season record to 5-9 as it prepares for a Monday home match vs. West Liberty State at 2:30 p.m.

The Rock men (4-7) will also host WLSC on Monday.

Michaux and partner Kate Ingram won the No. 1 doubles match by an 8-4 score to pick up SRU's first point on Saturday.

The No. 2 doubles team of Ashley Greene and Erika McKenna also won its match to give The Rock a 2-1 edge heading into singles action.

Greene won her No. 2 singles match and McKenna was victorious at No. 4 to set the stage for Michaux's match-winning victory.

Complete results of Saturday's match were as follows:

Doubles
No. 1 -- Ashley Michaux and Kate Ingram (SR) def. Linda Pavilionyte and Nicole Perugini, 8-4
No. 2 -- Ashley Greene and Erika McKenna (SR) def. Karen Jensenius and Melinda Meisel, 8-6
No. 3 -- Danielle Kennedy and Shana Ruff (Ship) def. Heather Webb and Jamie Lemoncelli, 8-2

Singles
No. 1 -- Michaux (SR) def. Pavilionyte, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
No. 2 -- Greene (SR) def. Meisel, 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 -- Perugini (Ship) def. Ingram, 7-5, 6-1
No. 4 -- McKenna (SR) def. Kennedy, 6-2, 6-0
No. 5 -- Jensenius (Ship) def. Webb, 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 -- Ruff (Ship) def. Lemoncelli, 6-0, 6-1

The Rock is now 5-9 in dual matches in 2004-05