PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Freshman
Melissa McCutcheon opened her collegiate career in impressive fashion Sunday as she won all four of her matches in the Carnegie Mellon Invitational.
McCutcheon won both of her singles matches and then teammed with CMU's Michelle Guarino to win two doubles matches in the one-day, round-robin-like competition.
In singles matches, seniors
Laura Handy (3-0) and
Casey Runyan (2-0) were both unbeaten.
Runyan and partner
Janelle Krantz were 1-1 in doubles matches, while Handy and partner
Chelsea Gibson were 0-2.
Krantz was 1-1 in singles action, while Gibson and senior
Jessica Hilborn were both 1-2 and sophomore
Dunja Drmac was 0-3 in individual matches.
The Rock duo of Drmac and Hilborn were 1-1 in doubles action.
SRU won eight of 11 singles matches against Robert Morris University and was 2-5 in duels with the host school.
In doubles action, SRU was 1-3 vs. CMU and 1-0 vs. RMU.
The Rock opens its fall dual match schedule Wednesday at West Liberty State (W. Va.). The only home match this fall for the Green and White will be an Oct. 5 date with neighboring Grove City.
Complete results of CMU Invitational matches involving SRU student-athletes are listed below.
Singles
Laura Handy (SRU) def. Courtney Chin (CMU) 8-3
Cze-Ja Tam (CMU) def.
Dunja Drmac (SRU) 8-2
Alisa Liebowitz (CMU) def.
Chelsea Gibson (SRU) 8-2
Christina Brant (CMU) def.
Jessica Hilborn (SRU) 8-1
Melissa McCutcheon (SRU) def. Michelle Guarino (CMU) 9-8(5)
Casey Runyan (SRU) def. Carrie Reiss (RMU) 8-0
Janelle Krantz (SRU) def. Katerina Rudneva (RMU) 8-2
Handy (SRU) def. Laura Chen CMU 8-4
Alex Tapak (CMU) def. Drmac (SRU) 8-0
Jenn Chui (CMU) def. Gibson (SRU) 9-8(6)
Ashley Herrick (CMU) def. Hilborn (SRU) 8-3
McCutcheon (SRU) def. Carrie Reiss (RMU) 8-0
Michelle Guarino (CMU) def. Krantz (SRU) 8-2
Runyan (SRU) def. Katerina Rudneva (RMU) 8-4
Handy (SRU) def. Clarissa Chen (RMU) 8-3
Samantha Alves (RMU) def. Drmac (SRU) 8-6
Gibson (SRU) def. Isabella Nouvella (RMU) 8-3
Hilborn (SRU) def. Tiffany Meinert (RMU) 8-4
Doubles
Runyan / Krantz (SRU) def. Rudneva / Reiss (RMU) 8-3
Tam/Chin (CMU) def. Handy / Gibson (SRU) 8-3
Drmac / Hilborn (SRU) def. Brant / Leibowitz (CMU) 8-6
Guarino (CMU) / McCutcheon (SRU) def. Runyan / Krantz (SRU) 8-6
Chen / Herrick (CMU) def. Handy / Gibson (SRU) 6-2
Tapak / Chui (CMU) def. Drmac / Hilborn (SRU) 8-0
Guarino (CMU) / McCutcheon (SRU) def. Rudneva / Reiss (RMU) 8-3