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Sports News: Spring 2010

Thursday, May 6, 2010

MORAVIAN WOMEN’S TENNIS SQUAD TO TRAVEL TO DREW UNIVERSITY IN LANDMARK CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

BETHLEHEM, PA --- The third seeded Moravian College women’s tennis team has earned a berth in the 2010 Landmark Conference Championship match and will travel to top-seeded Drew University in the championship match on Saturday, May 8th in Madison, New Jersey at 1:00 p.m.

The Greyhounds are 12-5 overall and were 4-2 in the Landmark Conference season for the second straight year.  Moravian defeated second-seed The University of Scranton, 5-2, in the semifinals while the Rangers earned an 8-1 win over fourth-seeded Susquehanna University.  The winner of the championships match will receive the conference’s automatic berth to the 2010 NCAA Division III Tournament.

Moravian head coach Dawn Ketterman-Benner has the Greyhounds in the postseason for the 16th straight season.  Ketterman-Benner, who has a career mark of 249-95, has led Moravian to the conference championship match in each of the last 15 years including winning the first two Landmark Conference titles in 2008 and 2009.

Freshman Chelsea Ott (Whitehall, PA/William Allen HS) leads Moravian with a 19-2 singles record in her debut season, including a 14-0 dual match record at second singles.  Sophomore Anna Meola (Willow Grove, PA/Upper Moreland HS) has a 17-2 singles slate this year, and she is a 3-1 record at fourth singles, a 10-0 mark at fifth singles and a 2-0 record at sixth singles.  Sophomore Jami Fein (Blue Bell, PA/Wissahickon HS), who is ranked 21st in the latest ITA Atlantic South Singles Rankings, is 19-4 on the year in singles contests including a 12-3 slate at first singles in dual matches.

Sophomore Brianna Kavanagh (Pittsgrove, NJ/Arthur P. Schalick HS) is 10-7 in singles with an 8-6 dual match record including a 7-4 mark at sixth singles while junior Kerry McKinley (Sparta, NJ/Pope John XXIII HS) has posted a 7-8 record, 6-8 at third singles.  Junior Elizabeth Endy (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin HS) has a 4-7 singles mark, and she is 2-1 at sixth singles and 2-6 at fourth singles while freshman Alex Van Buskirk (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg HS) is 1-2 in singles.

In doubles action, Meola and Ott have a 12-3 record, all at second doubles, while freshman Stephanie Cox (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Bishop Eustace HS) and Van Buskirk are 6-2.  Fein and McKinley have posted a 9-7 mark at first doubles while Fein and Ott have a 1-1 doubles slate.  McKinley and Meola are 1-0 in doubles action while Endy and Van Buskirk are 3-1.  Endy and Meola as well as Endy and Cox are 1-0.