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Gators fall to MSMC 6-3 in Skyline action
Schenectady, NY----The Sage Colleges women's tennis team hosted Mt. Saint Mary College in a key Skyline Conference match on Saturday night. Mount Saint Mary would remain unbeaten with a 6-3 victory over the Gators and is 14-0 overall and 7-0 in the Skyline Conference. Sage drops to 7-3 overall and 5-2 in the conference.
The marquee match of the night was at first singles and featured a pair of opponents that were undefeated in Skyline Conference action. Sage's senior Christina Gray (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) was a winner in three sets over MSMC's rookie Gabriela Murphy-Goldberg (Newburgh, NY/John S. Burke Catholic), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. With her win at first singles, Gray improves to 15-0 in Skyline Conference action over the past two years, while standing at 7-0 this fall in conference singles play and 10-2 overall. Murphy-Goldberg is now 6-1 in Skyline singles action and 13-2 overall on the fall.
Gray and sophomore Erica Fitzgerald (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury) teamed for a win at first doubles as well as they beat Murphy-Goldberg and sophomore Annmarie Llewellyn (Brookhaven, NY/Patchogue-Medford), 8-4. Gray and Fitzgerald own an 8-3 record this fall.
Llewellyn was a winner for the Blue Knights at fourth singles with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Sage's sophomore Briana Bixler (Highland, NY/Highland). MSMC's rookie twin sisters, Emily and Jennifer Gregory (Albertson, NY/The Wheatley School) teamed for a win at third doubles, beat Sage's junior Devon Money (Syracuse, NY/Corcoran) and freshman Julia DeMarco (Duaneburg, NY/Duanesburg), 8-1. Emily Gregory added a win at sixth singles, beating Money 6-2, 6-0 to cap the win for MSMC.
Sage will be back in action on Sunday facing NYU-Poly at a neutral venue at 7:00 p.m., while MSMC will face Yeshiva also on Sunday.
Mount Saint Mary College vs Sage College
10/17/09 at Sportime Complex
(Schenectady, NY)
Mount Saint Mary College 6, Sage College 3
Singles competition
1. Christina Gray (SAGE) def. Murphy-Goldberg, Gab (MSMC-W) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
2. Searle, Lindsay (MSMC-W) def. Erica Fitzgerald (SAGE) 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
3. Kathryn Saulsbery (SAGE) def. Schwartz, Rebecca (MSMC-W) 6-3, 6-2
4. Llewellyn, Annmarie (MSMC-W) def. Briana Bixler (SAGE) 6-3, 6-4
5. Galante, Laura (MSMC-W) def. Megan Holmes (SAGE) 6-2, 6-2
6. Gregory, Emily (MSMC-W) def. Devin Money (SAGE) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Christina Gray/Erica Fitzgerald (SAGE) def. Murphy-Goldberg, Gab/Llewellyn, Annmarie (MSMC-W) 8-4
2. Schwartz, Rebecca/Searle, Lindsay (MSMC-W) def. Kathryn Saulsbery/Briana Bixler (SAGE) 8-1
3. Gregory, Emily/Gregory, Jennifer (MSMC-W) def. Devin Money/Julia DeMarco (SAGE) 8-1
Match Notes:
Mount Saint Mary College 14-0, 7-0 Skyline
Sage College 7-3, 5-2 Skyline
