April 22, 2007

Results

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Pittsburgh, Pa. - Sixth-seeded Duquesne edged #5 Xavier, 4-3, Sunday morning to capture the team's best-ever fifth place finish in the Atlantic 10 Women's Tennis Conference Championship Tournament at Club 4 Life in Monroeville, Pa.

The Dukes, who also captured fifth at the 2002 league championship, did so this year with the team's first win over Xavier in program history.

Xavier took the doubles point for a 1-0 lead entering the singles competition. Two seniors, Jackie Hughes and Alicia McNamara, sophomore Rebecca Poole and freshman Rachel McGowan won their singles matches, giving DU the four points needed for the match victory.

McGowan, down one game, won her second against XU's Kaitlyn Zinn, 6-3, and then won the tiebreaker, 10-5. The freshman was a team best 3-1 in singles and teamed with junior Johanna Bezjak for a squad-best 2-1 mark in doubles.

Duquesne won three of their four championship matches this weekend, losing only to no. 3 seed Charlotte on Friday.

Number two seed Richmond claimed its fourth consecutive Atlantic 10 Women's Tennis Championship Title with a 4-0 victory over top-seeded Temple.

Duquesne Tournament Results

Matches

April 20, 2007   #6 Duquesne  4,   #11 Fordham     0
                 #3 Charlotte 4,    #6 Duquesne    0
April 21, 2007   #6 Duquesne  4,    #7 Saint Louis 1
April 22, 2007   #6 Duquesne  4,    #5 Xavier      3

Singles

#1. Johanna Bezjak    0-3
#2. Jackie Hughes     1-0
#3. Rebecca Poole     2-0
#4. Rachel McGowan    3-1
#5. Andrea Sailer     2-2
#6. Alicia McNamara   2-1

#1. Jackie Hughes / Rebecca Poole      1-3
#2. Johanna Bezjak / Rachel McGowan    2-1
#3. Andrea Sailer / Alexandria Albano  2-2

Match 19 - #6 Duquesne 4, #5 Xavier 3
Match 20 - #8 George Washington 4, #11 Fordham 1
Match 21 - #3 Charlotte 4, #4 Massachusetts 0
Match 22 - #2 Richmond 4, #1 Temple 0

Final 2006-07 Atlantic 10 Women's Tennis Results

  1.  Richmond
  2.  Temple
  3.  Charlotte
  4.  Massachusetts
  5.  Duquesne
  6.  Xavier
T 7.  Rhode Island
      Saint Louis
  9.  George Washington
 10.  Fordham
T11.  Saint Joseph's
      Dayton
T13.  La Salle
      St. Bonaventure