October 23, 1999
NEW CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT MIDDLE ATLANTIC CONFERENCE WOMENS TENNIS
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS STRONG, KETTERMAN-BENNER NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR
BETHLEHEM, PA --- Two new champions were crowned on Saturday in the second day of competition
at the Middle Atlantic Conference Womens Tennis Individual Championships hosted by
Moravian College. Freshman Cricket Temple of Lycoming College captured her
first MAC Singles Championships while the doubles tandem of freshman Erin Michalisin and
senior Danielle Schneider from the University of Scranton captured the MAC
Doubles Title.
Temple, the top-seed, defeated second-seeded Brecken Durham of Drew University,
7-5, 6-2 in the finals. Durham, a senior, appeared in the finals the last four years and
won the title as a freshman in 1996. Michalisin and Schneider, the second seed, defeated
the top seed Andrea Dennis and Kristy Stutz of Albright College, 6-2,
2-6, 6-1 in the finals.
Saturdays action took place at Moravian Colleges Hoffman Tennis Courts.
The 1999 Middle Atlantic Conference Coaches of the Year were also announced on Saturday. University
of Scranton head coach Mike Strong, who led his team to an undefeated 13-0
season and the MAC Team Championship, was named the MAC Freedom Conference Coach of the
Year. Dawn Ketterman-Benner of Moravian College was named the MAC Commonwealth
Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Lady Greyhounds to their fourth straight
MAC Championship match appearance and a 17-1 record.
At Bethlehem, PA
SINGLES TOURNAMENT
Quarterfinals Continuation of suspended match
- #2 Brecken Durham (Drew) defeated #7 Erica Sussman (Juniata), 6-0, 7-6 (7-4)
Semifinals
- #1 Cricket Temple (Lycoming) defeated #6 Jennifer Kalb (Messiah), 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
- #2 Durham (Drew) defeated #4 Whitney Bull (Elizabethtown), 6-0, 6-2
Finals
- #1 Temple (Lycoming) defeated #2 Durham (Drew), 7-5, 6-2
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT
Semifinals
- #1 Andrea Dennis/Kristy Stutz (Albright) defeated #3 Marnie Heller/Corinne Kleinsmith
(Moravian), 6-1, 6-1
- #2 Danielle Schneider/Erin Michalisin (Scranton) defeated #4 Erica English/Danielle
Christ (Messiah), 6-3, 6-3
Finals
- #2 Schneider/Michalisin (Scranton) defeated #1 Dennis/Stutz (Albright), 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
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