Women's Tennis Falls in Opener to Medaille

The Penn State Behrend women’s tennis team dropped its first match of the season, falling to Medaille 8-1 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Friday night.

Team Stats

Penn State Behrend

Medaille College

Score

Doubles

Alexis Brunelle / Jada Donatien def. Jasmine Mott / Jessica Munson 8-2
Danielle Pitasi / Madison Knapp def. Kirin Bean / Emily Hood 8-1
Kristina Hryschuk / Hallie Dworzanski def. Hadley Howell / Natalie Denny 8-2

Singles

Jasmine Mott def. Alexis Brunelle 6-0 , 6-2
Danielle Pitasi def. Jada Donatien 0-6 , 7-5 , 1-0
Madison Knapp def. Kirin Bean 6-1 , 6-2
Kristina Hryschuk def. Alyson Edwards 6-0 , 6-1
Jessica Munson def. Hadley Howell 6-0 , 6-3
Hallie Dworzanski def. Natalie Denny 6-1 , 6-1

August 31, 2018

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's tennis team dropped its first match of the season, falling to Medaille 8-1 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Friday night.

Score: Medaille 8, Behrend 1

Records: Medaille (1-0, 1-0 AMCC), Behrend (0-1, 0-1 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The Lions picked up their only win at No. 1 doubles
* Alexis Brunelle (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg) and Jada Donatien (Brooklyn, NY/Fairview) pick up their first collegiate doubles win with 8-2 victory in
* Donatien won her first set (6-0) and then took her opponent into extra games in the second set (7-5) before falling in the tiebreaker set (10-8)
* Medaille won the final two doubles matches and swept the singles for its first conference win of the season

Up Next:

* Penn State Behrend is back in action tomorrow for its home opener against D'Youville on the Behrend Courts beginning at 11 a.m.