April 17, 2004

FAIRFIELD, CT (April 17, 2004) - The Sacred Heart University women's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to the Providence College Friars Saturday afternoon in Fairfield. The loss ends the Pioneers regular season at 8-9 in match play.

Sacred Heart's lone win came at #1 singles where sophomore Lauren Galatie (Monroe, CT) came away with a 7-5, 7-6 (10-8) win over Jen Daigle. The Friars took all three doubles matches and won every singles match at #2 through #6 to come away with the win.

SHU will take part in the Northeast Conference Championship scheduled for next weekend, April 23rd-24th.

Women's Tennis
Providence  6   ---  Sacred Heart  1
Singles
1.	Lauren Galatie (S) def Jen Daigle (PC) 7-5, 7-6 (10-8)
2.	Cheri Lapane (PC) def Pam Pillo (S) 6-2, 6-4
3.	Sara Bitetti (PC) def Lissa Von Brecht (S) 6-1, 6-1
4.	Molly Gilbride (PC) def Jeanne Sampson (S) 6-1, 6-1
5.	Nicole Rodger (PC) def Darcy Shoop (S) 6-0, 6-0
6.	Andrea Lee (PC) def Katelyn Kittredge (S) 6-4, 6-2

Doubles
1.	Lapane/Bitetti (PC) def Galatie/Pillo (S) 8-3
2.	Gilbride/Rodger (PC) def Sampson/Shoop (S) 8-3
3.	Daigle/Lee (PC) def Von Brecht/Kittredge (S) 8-0