April 8, 2006

Slippery Rock, Pa. - The Rock rolled past Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference rival West Chester, 9-0, Saturday afternoon as part of the SRU Tennis Alumni Day festivities.

The win was the third straight for SRU and improved the Green and White's season record to 12-6.

SRU's top two players, Kayla Blackburn and Ashley Michaux again led the way.

Blackburn and Michaux breezed to an 8-0 win in the No. 1 doubles match. Blackburn then won a 6-1, 6-2 decision and Michaux scored a "double-bagel" 6-0, 6-0 win in the No. 1 and No. 2 singles matches, respectively.

Complete results of Saturday's match were as follows:

DOUBLES
#1 -- Kayla Blackburn / Ashley Michaux (SR) def. Zern/Doyle, 8-0
#2 -- Kelli Parnell / Sarah Karagianis (SR) def. C. Trucksess/Edwards, 8-1
#3 -- Lara Rizzi / Cristina Rhodes (SR) def. Bechs/C. Lessard, 8-4

SINGLES
#1 -- Kayla Blackburn (SR) def, A. Zern, 6-1, 6-2
#2 -- Ashley Michaux (SR) def. J. Litchman, 6-0, 6-0
#3 -- Kelli Parnell (SR) def. K. Bechs, 6-1, 6-1
#4 -- Lara Rizzi (SR) def. K. Edwards, 6-2, 6-4
#5 -- Sarah Karagianis (SR) def. Jess Toth, 6-1, 6-2
#6 -- Erika McKenna (SR) def. Megan Doyle, 4-6, 6-1, 12-10

The Rock is now 12-6 in dual matches in 2005-06