National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tennis
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tennis

Griffin Tennis Takes Fifth Seed In NCAA Men’s and Women’s East Regionals

4/28/2015 10:59:00 PM

Indianapolis, Ind. – (4/28/2015) – Qualifying for another National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II East Regional, the Chestnut Hill College men's and women's tennis team both garnered the #5 seed in their respective brackets during this evening's NCAA.com Selection Shows. The women got the nod first, selected to oppose #4 Goldey-Beacom College for a 9:00 a.m. first round match at LIU Post on Saturday, May 2. Similarly, the men travel to Queens College on Saturday, May 2, to challenge the hosting #4 Knights in a 3:00 p.m. match.
 
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The Chestnut Hill College women (16-8) faced Goldey-Beacom College twice this season, falling to their CACC rival by a 7-2 final in a regular season road match on October 1, before putting a little more pressure on the Lightning in a 5-3 CACC Semifinal decision. After falling to the Lightning in the regular season meeting, juniors Iman Williams-Mulesa (Pickering, Ontario) and Axe Owens (Trenton, N.J.) delivered the first point of the CACC Semifinal with an 8-2 result against senior Stephanie Puentes Robinson (Bogota, Colombia) and sophomore Amina Mrad (Berlin, Germany) at number two doubles. But the Lighting duo of senior Anastasia Melnikova (Vladivostok, Russia) and sophomore Nina Sengl (Puchheim, Germany) captured the number three doubles flight against junior Hayley Craskey (Aston, Pa.) and freshman Hannah Hills (Maize, Kan.), 8-4, to even the match, 1-1, before the hosts gained the upper hand with a marathon triumph at first doubles. Seniors Charlotte Dawson (Odessa, Texas) and Morgan Oechsle (Coopersburg, Pa.) outlasted Goldey-Beacom's top pairing of senior Filipa Correia (Monte Estoril, Portugal) and sophomore Maria Victoria (Totana, Spain), 9-7, to give the Griffins a 2-1 lead heading into singles play.
 
Unfortunately, the Lightning rebounded in individual play, surging ahead, 4-2, with three straight singles victories. Freshman Julia Gutierrez (Quart, Spain) defeated Owens 6-0, 6-1 at number four, Sengl took down Hills 6-1, 6-0 at number six, and Mrad upended Craskey 7-5, 6-1 in the fifth flight to send Goldey-Beacom College to the brink of victory. Dawson gave the Griffins hope with a 6-1, 6-0 win over freshman Laura Moreno (Murcia, Spain) at number one singles, 4-3, but Puentes Robinson sealed victory for the Lightning with a 6-1, 6-3 decision against Oechsle at number three.

After a couple significant additions to the roster, in sophomore Laure-Anne Josso (Vannes, France) and freshman Lara Scholtze (Bod Hamburg, Germany), the #34 Griffins aim to avenge their fall defeats against the #37 Lightning in their upcoming NCAA Regional match.

The #49 Chestnut Hill College (15-9) men defeated Queens College 5-4 in their only meeting this season on March 27. On the Knights home courts, the Griffins took the upper hand into individual play after seniors, Steven Say (Cannes, France) and Michael Humes (Mt. Laurel, N.J.) gutted out a 9-8 (5) victory at number two doubles. Freshman Jonathan Ducretot (Antibes, France) and junior Henry Boyle (London, England) won the other point with their 8-6 win in the third team flight. Say, Ducretot, and Humes won the key singles matches to secure another Stroble victory; Say won number three singles (6-1, 6-1), Ducretot the fifth individual flight (6-4, 7-5) and Humes at number six (7-5, 6-3).
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