OCTOBER 16-17, 2004
BOB ZIADIE
KING'S MEGAN MICHAEL PLACES SECOND IN MAC TENNIS
CHAMPIONSHIPS
MADISON, NJ -- King's College senior tennis standout
Megan Michael finished second in the Middle Atlantic Conference
Championships which concluded Sunday evening at Drew University, Madison,
NJ.
A Wyoming Valley West High School product, Michael
entered the event as the third seed in the number-one singles flight and
won three straight matches to reach the finals. Michael posted a 6-2, 6-1
victory over Albright's Katie Miller, then followed with a 6-1, 6-2
triumph over Laura LeVan of DeSales. In the semi-finals, Michael posted an
impressive 6-3, 6-0 win over second-seeded Stacy Shapiro of Elizabethtown
to move on to the championship match.
Michael, though, would drop a 6-0, 6-4 verdict to
top-seeded junior Erin Burke of Drew to conclude her season with a 14-4
mark. Three of Michael's losses on the year came at the hands of Burke, a
Division I transfer from Seton Hall University. Michael became the first
Lady Monarch to reach the MAC finals since Maria Adonizio won the MAC
title in 1994, after finishing second in 1993.
At second singles, King's Kristen Hunter dropped a
6-0, 6-0 decision to Susquehanna's Sara Lampe. In the third singles
flight, Rita Kaluzavich posted a 6-1, 6-1 win over Yana Ployakova of
Widener, then added a 6-3, 6-3 triumph over Lindsay Noll of Lebanon
Valley. She then fell to third flight champion Courtney McClurkin of
DeSales, 6-1, 6-0.
At fourth singles, Beth Ann Hill earned a 6-3, 6-3
victory over FDU-Florham's Julie Hartnett before falling 6-1, 6-1 to
eventual champion Danielle Red of Scranton.
At number-five singles, Lindsay Pross dropped a 6-3,
7-5 decision to Kate Ottinger of DeSales. In the sixth singles flight,
Kristen Sebastian defeated Colleen Solomon of DeSales 6-4, 6-3 before
falling to eventual champion Brittany Popaca, 6-0, 6-0.
In doubles, the team Lady Monarch team of Michael
and Kaluzavich won their first round match 9-7 before falling to eventual
champions Shapiro/Kristy Trimbey, 8-4. Hunter and Hill earned a 8-1 win in
their first match but fell 8-5 to Emma Smith and Emily Parenteo in their
next match. Pross and Sebastian would drop their opening match by a 8-4
count to Jen Moyer and Allison Handman o Susquehanna.
Full results/brackets can be viewed at:
