April 16, 2003
Poughkeepsie, NY-The Marist College women's tennis team defeated conference foe Fairfield 4-3, this afternoon, at the Fairfield University Tennis Courts. The Red Foxes improve to 11-4 overall and 6-3 in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) action.
Fairfield took two of the doubles matches to win a point from Marist. Tara Dolan (Hopewell Junction, NY) and Kathryn Szymanski (Scituate, Mass.) won their doubles match for the Red Foxes, 8-4.
In singles action, Yana Tikhonko (Brooklyn, NY) won her match against Erin Reeves in number two singles, 6-2, 6-3. Freshman Yana Krugly (Staten Island, NY) defeated Megan Stauffer, 6-2, 0-6, 7-6, while Colleen Kelly (Poughkeepsie, NY) was victorious over Christina Chacharone, 6-2, 6-2. The final singles win for the Red Foxes came from Dolan who defeated Tiffany Marsocci, 6-3, 6-0. Diana Perachio (Newtown, Conn.) fell to Diana Webb in the number one singles match, 6-2, 6-1. Courtney McGeever (Wickliffe, OH) lost her match 6-1, 6-3 to Andrea Suriano.
The Red Foxes wrap up regular season action Thursday, April 17th, when they host Albany at 1:00 p.m.