Sept. 27, 2010
BRYANT WOMEN'S TENNIS TAKES PART IN EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women's tennis
team competed at the Eastern Intercollegiate Championships over the
weekend at Army.
Sophomore Claudia Hidalgo
(Guayaquil, Ecuador) opened with a 6-0, 6-1, win over
Molly Montgomery of Holy Cross before falling to Amherst's Jordan
Brewer in the second round of flight A singles. She picked dup
another victory in the singles alpha consolation bracket, defeating
Fordham's Hanna Fritzinger, 8-3.
Stephanie Smyers
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) also won her opening round match in
flight C, upsetting Tristany Leikem of Rhode Island, 0-6, 6-1,
10-6, before losing to Pittsburgh's Jocelyn Lu in the second round.
The freshman tacked on another win in the singles beta consolation
bracket with an 8-5 victory over UConn's Lucy Nutting.
In flight B singles, Lucy Bird (Hamilton,
New Zealand) dropped to Amherst's Laura Danzig in the
first round but went on to advance to the finals of the consolation
bracket, losing to Sacred Heart's Gabi Kaldan, 8-1.
In doubles action, the tandem of Katharine Francazio
(Cranston, R.I.) and Irma
Rodriguez Lockwood (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) bowed
out in the opening round of flight A but would go on to make it to
the consolation finals, a bracket made up of doubles teams from
both flights. After a first round bye, the duo knocked off teams
from St. Bonaventure and Holy Cross before coming up short against
Marist.
The Bulldogs will travel to take on St. Francis (NY) on
Saturday, Oct. 2.
