April 2 2005
Shorewomen Split Pair of Matches
WAC Defeats Gettysburg, Falls to UMW

CHESTERTOWN, MD -- The Washington College women's tennis team split a pair of home matches on Saturday at the Lifetime Fitness Center. The Shorewomen defeated Gettysburg in a Centennial Conference match, 6-3, and then fell to 28th-ranked Mary Washington, 7-2, Saturday night.

The Shorewomen won at the top two double spots to take a 2-1 lead against Gettysburg. Freshman Allison Daciek (Severna Park, MD/Severna Park) and senior Samantha Halpin (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) were 9-7 winners at No. 1, while junior Beth Foster (Lothian, MD/St. Mary's) and freshman Blake Leeser (Irvington, NY/Irvington) posted an 8-2 win at No. 2.

Daciek won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 1 singles to extend the Shorewomen's lead against the Bullets to 3-1. After Gettysburg's Ali Moyer won at No. 2, the Shorewomen went up 4-2 with Foster's 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 3. Halpin clinched the victory for Washington with a 6-0, 6-4 win at No. 4. Freshman Ryoko Sawada (Kushiro, Japan/Kushiro Koryo) provided the Shorewomen's sixth point of the match with an 8-6 win at No. 5 singles.

Daciek and Halpin, ranked 25th in the Atlantic South in doubles, picked up the Shorewomen's first point against Mary Washington with an 8-4 win at No. 1 doubles. Daciek, ranked 36th in the region in singles, defeated Gayle Smith, the region's 44th-ranked singles player, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 1 singles to provide Washington's other point against the Eagles.

The Shorewomen (6-5, 3-1 Centennial) return to action April 10th with a 12:00 p.m. Centennial Conference match at Dickinson.

Washington v. Gettysburg Match Results
Singles
No. 1 - Allison Daciek (WAC) d. Sara Marian Seibert (GC) 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 - Ali Moyer (GC) d. Blake Leeser (WAC) 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 - Beth Foster (WAC) d. Katie Ferraro (GC) 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 - Samantha Halpin (WAC) d. Caroline Kunkel (GC) 6-0, 6-4
No. 5 - Ryoko Sawada (WAC) d. Laura Helland (GC) 8-6
No. 6 - Shelley Gottesfeld (GC) d. Lyndsey Beidle (WAC) 8-4
Doubles
No. 1 - Daciek/Halpin (WAC) d. Seibert/Moyer (GC) 9-7
No. 2 - Foster/Leeser (WAC) d. Ferraro/Kunkel (GC) 8-2
No. 3 - Helland/Sarah Kalauskas (GC) d. Beidle/Erika Kayukawa (WAC) 8-4

Washington v. Mary Washington Match Results
Singles
No. 1 - Allison Daciek (WAC) d. Gayle Smith (UMW) 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 - Even Helmer (UMW) d. Blake Leeser (WAC) 7-5, 6-1
No. 3 - Tallie Fugate (UMW) d. Beth Foster (WAC) 8-4
No. 4 - Katie Miglin (UMW) d. Samantha Halpin (WAC) 8-3
No. 5 - Emily Brimer (UMW) d. Ryoko Sawada (WAC) 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 - Allison Hazlett (UMW) d. Erika Kayukawa (WAC) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 - Daciek/Halpin (WAC) d. Helmer/Fugate (UMW) 8-4
No. 2 - Miglin/Smith (UMW) d. Foster/Leeser (WAC) 8-6
No. 3 - Brimer/Bethany O'Connor (UMW) d. Lyndsey Beidle/Kayukawa (WAC) 8-4