Oct. 8, 2006

ERIE, Pa. - The Lake Superior State women's tennis team split a double dual in Erie, Pa., on Saturday, falling 5-4 to host Mercyhurst and beating the University of Charleston 8-1.

LSSU is 5-3 overall and 4-3 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Mercyhurst improved to 7-5 overall and 5-4 in the GLIAC.

Mercyhurst 5, LSSU 4
Singles results: 1. Celina Grondin (LS) def. Jennifer Daly, 6-2, 6-2; 2. Megan LaMothe (LS) def. Jamie Sutyak, 7-6 (7-0), 6-2; 3. Elizabeth Mullane (MC) def. Lindsay Adams, 6-1, 1-6, 7-5; 4. Meghan Raynor (MC) def. Megan Smith, 6-2, 6-3; 5. Chelsea Downing (MC) def. Carolyn Pumford, 6-1, 6-1; 6. Jaclyn McLean (MC) def. Alex Chiakmakis, 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles results: 1. Grondin-Adams (LS) def. Christine Mersch-Daly, 8-3; 2. Chiakmakis-LaMothe (LS) def. Downing-Mullane, 8-5; 3. Sutyak-Jacklyn McLean (MC) def. Pumford-Smith, 8-5.

LSSU 8, Charleston 1
Singles results: 1. Grondin (LS) def. Danielle Warner, 6-2, 6-1; 2. LaMothe (LS) def. Lindsay Bolar, 6-2, 6-1; 3. Adams (LS) def. Cherish Ragland, 6-1, 6-2; 4. Smith (LS) def. Amanda Spriggs, 6-3, 6-0; 5. Chiakmakis (LS) def. Erica Lewis, 6-0, 6-2; 6. Pumford (LS) def. Melissa Carpenter, 6-0, 6-3.

Doubles results: 1. Bre Mayle-Bolar (UC) def. Grondin-Adams, 9-8; 2. Chiakmakis-LaMothe (LS) def. Warner-Ragland, 8-1; 3. Pumford-Smith (LS) def. Lewis-Spriggs, 8-3.