Kutztown University Tennis

SMITHFIELD, RI - Kutztown University's women's tennis defeated Bryant, 5-2, and advances to the NCAA Championships in Kansas City, MO.

Kerstin Kloeffer and Pyria Pachkawde started at first singles, defeating Bryant, 8-3. Magaly Peter (fr. Mundolsheim, FRANCE) and Jharna Nansi (jr. Mumbai, INDIA) won at second singles, 8-1. Bryant's Michelle Burke (so. Barrington,RI/Barrington) and Lauren Mullen (so. Braintree, Mass./Braintree) won at third singles, 8-3.

Kloeffer won at first singles, 6-1, 6-3 and Peter won second singles 6-0, 6-1. Nansi won at fourth singles for the fifth points, 6-3, 6-0. Bryant's Burke won the sixth singles. Third and fifth singles did not finish.

Peter and Nansi set or tied three records in the victory. Peter recorded her 19th singles win this season, tying the mark for single-season wins held by Margo Ayers (1996-97) and Meg Edwards (1996-97). The doubles team of Peter and Nansi became the winningest single-season doubles tandem at KU with its 15th win, passing Meredith Keller/Amy Sonon (1997-98) and Ayers/Edwards (1996-97). Nansi has 20 doubles wins this season, already a single-season record.

Doubles
No. 1 – Kerstin Kloeffer / Priya Pachkawde (K) def. Sacha Solomon / Annette Jervasi (BU), 8-3
No. 2 – Jharna Nansi / Magaly Peter (K) def. Alex Spence / Alanna Santanello (BU), 8-1
No. 3 – Michelle Burke / Lauren Mullen (BU) def. Kristen Bodalski / Lauren Losoncy (K), 8-3

Singles
No. 1 – Kloeffler (K) def. Solomon (BU), 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 – Peter (K) def. Spence (BU), 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 – did not finish (names and score unavailable)
No. 4 – Jharna Nansi (K) def. Santanello (BU), 6-3, 6-0
No. 5 – did not finish (names and score unavailable)
No. 6 – Burke (B) def. Bodalski (K), 6-0, 6-0

SMITHFIELD, RI – Kutztown University’s women’s tennis team avenged an earlier loss to the University of California (Pa) in the PSAC Championships by taking the first round match in the NCAA Division II Women’s Tennis East Regional from the Vulcans.

Inga Chilingaryan (so. Yerevan/ARMENIA) and Melissa Anderson (San Diego, CA/El Capitan) picked up the win for the Vulcans at first doubles, 8-4. Lauren Hovey (fr. Silver Lake, Ohio/Cuyahoga Falls) and Lindsay Mathieson (fr. New Market, Ontario/Huron Heights) won at third doubles, 8-2. Magaly Peter (fr. Mundolsheim, FRANCE) and Jharna Nansi (jr. Mumbai, INDIA) kept the match close heading into the singles matches by winning the second doubles, 8-2.

Chilingaryan and Mathieson were the scorers for Cal in first and sixth singles, respectively. Chilingaryn took out Kerstin Kloeffer (sr. Ludwigshafen/GERMANY) for the second time in three weeks, 6-2, 6-2, while Mathieson dropped only one game in her route of KU’s Kristen Bodalski (sr. Media/Cardinal O’Hara) 6-1, 6-0.

Peter, Pachawde, and Lauren Lasoncy (sr. Shillington/Governor Mifflin) scored the next three points for the Golden Bears, setting the stage for Nansi to seal the deal in her third set against Cal’s Jessica Brown (jr. Pittsburgh/Keystone Oaks) 6-1, 6-7, 6-3. Nansi’s win ensured KU a spot in tomorrow’s second round match up where the Golden Bears will face either Bryant or Philadelphia University.

Doubles
1. Inga Chilingaryan/Melissa Anderson (C) def. Kerstin Kloeffer/Priya Pachkawde (K) 8-4
2. Magaly Peter/Jharna Nansi (K) def. Jessica Brown/Katie Anderson (C) 8-2
3. Lauren Hovey/Lindsay Mathieson (C) def. Kristen Bodalski/Lauren Losoncy (K) 8-2

Singles
1. Chilingaryan (C) def. Kloeffer (K) 6-2, 6-2
2. Peter (K) def. K. Anderson (C) 6-4, 6-3
3. Pachkawde (K) def. M. Anderson (C) 6-2, 6-2
4. Nansi (K) def. Brown (C) 6-1, 6-7, 6-3
5. Losoncy (K) def. Hovey (C) 6-0, 6-2
6. Mathieson (C) def. Bodalski (K) 6-1, 6-0

Kutztown advanced to the second round of the East Regional, where they will face the winner of Bryant versus Philadelphia University, played at 3:00 PM. That second round match up will start at noon on Saturday at Bryant College.