Oct. 28, 2006

MIDLAND - The Lake Superior State women's tennis team is 1-1 through the first two rounds of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament, which began Friday.

The Lakers (7-5 overall 5-4 GLIAC) were seeded fifth and opened the tournament with a 5-2 victory over No. 4 seed Mercyhurst (8-8 overall, 5-4 GLIAC). They lost 5-0 to undefeated Northwood (11-0 overall, 9-0 GLIAC) in the second round. The No. 1-seeded Timberwolves advanced to the championship round with the victory.

LSSU will play in the third-place match at 10 a.m. Saturday.

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

Doubles results: 1. Grondin-Adams (LS) def. Daly-Christine Mersch, 8-6; 2. LaMothe-Chiakmakis (LS) def. Mullane-Downing, 8-4; 3. Sutyak-McLean (MC) def. Pumford-Smith, 8-5.

Northwood 5, LSSU 0
Singles results: 1. Sue Rossano (NU) v. Grondin, unfinished; 2. Desiree Roset (NU) v. LaMothe, unfinished; 3. Ashley Neumann (NU) def. Adams, 6-2, 6-0; 4. Julia Goncalves (NU) v. Smith, unfinished; 5. Cristina Oliveira (NU) def. Chiakmakis, retired; 6. Nichole Kromer (NU) v. Pumford, unfinished.

Doubles results: 1. Neumann-Goncalves (NU) def. Grondin-Adams, 8-5; 2. Rossano-Roset (NU) def. LaMothe-Chiakmakis, 8-6; 3. Oliveira-Kromer (NU) def. Pumford-Smith, 8-1.