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                               SPRING 2002 SEASON

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Friday, March 29, 2002

At Hilton Head, S.C.

Final Score   Oberlin College   9      Univ. of Southern Maine   0

Singles
1st   Alaina Fotiu-Wojtowicz (O) def. Emily Jose (SM)   6-2, 6-4
2nd   Ary Amerikaner (O) def. Ashley Soucie (SM)        6-1, 6-4
3rd   Laura Koehn (O) def. Michelle Zajac (SM)          6-1, 6-3
4th   Jessica Hauser (O) def. April Cohen (SM)          7-6 (4), 6-4
5th   Whitney Reichheld (O) def. Jewel Iannetta (SM)    6-1, 6-0
6th   Barbara Burkholder (O) def. Lauren Grenier (SM)   6-1, 6-0

Doubles
1st   Fotiu-Wojtowicz & Amerikaner (O) def. Jose & Cohen (SM)           8-4
2nd   Reichheld & Burkholder (O) def. Soucie & Zajac (SM)               8-6
3rd   Melaine Merz & Elizabeth Logan (O) def. Iannetta & Grenier (SM)   8-1

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Thursday, March 28, 2002

at Hilton Head, S.C.

Final Score:   Univ. of Montevallo   6      Univ. of Southern Maine   3

Singles
1st   Melodi Inaltong (M) def. Emily Jose (SM)        6-2, 6-2
2nd   Ashley Soucie (SM) def. Kristin Smith (M)       1-6, 6-1, 7-5
3rd   Carla Holloway (M) def. Michelle Zajac (SM)     6-3, 7-5
4th   Lauren Ryerson (M) def. April Cohen (SM)        6-3, 6-3
5th   Rachel Bryant (M) def. Jewel Iannetta (SM)      6-1, 6-0
6th   Lauren Grenier (SM) def. Sarah Thompson (M)     7-5, 6-4

Doubles
1st   Inaltong & Smith (M) def. Jose & Cohen (SM)         8-2
2nd   Soucie & Zajac (SM) def. Holloway & Thompson (M)    8-4
3rd   Bryant & Ryerson (M) def. Iannetta & Grenier (SM)   8-4

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Wednesday, March 27, 2002

At Hilton Head, S.C.

Final Score   Snead State College   9   Univ. of Southern Maine   0

Singles
1st   Summer Maze (SS) def. Ashley Soucie (SM)             6-0, 6-4
2nd   Keri Sutherland (SS) def. Emily Jose (SM)            6-1, 7-6 (6)
3rd   Anna White (SS) def. April Cohen (SM)                6-2, 3-6, 6-2
4th   Julia Troxtel (SS) def. Jewel Iannette (SM)          6-1, 6-0
5th   Meredith Dandridge (SS) def. Lauren Grenier (SM)     7-5, 6-1
6th   Natalie Paine (SS)                                   win by default

Doubles
1st   Maze & Sutherland (SS) def. Soucie & Cohen (SM)      8-2
2nd   White & Troxtel (SS) def. Jose & Iannetta (SM)       8-4
3rd   Dandricdge & Paine                                   win by default

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Tuesday, March 26, 2002

At Hilton Head, S.C.

Final Score:   Wisconsin-Whitewater   9      Southern Maine   0

Singles
1st   Jeanna Anderson (St. T) def. April Cohen (SM)        6-1, 6-3
2nd   Erin Ellestad (St. T) def. Ashley Soucie (SM)        6-1, 2-6, 6-4
3rd   Becky Stoffel (St. T) def. Emily Jose (SM)           6-2, 7-6 (2)
4th   Jennifer Stamm (St. T) def. Michelle Zajac (SM)      6-1, 6-1
5th   Maggie Krueger (St. T) def. Jewel Iannetta (SM)      6-0, 6-2
6th   Andrea Alioto (St. T) def. Lauren Grenier (SM)       6-2, 6-2

Doubles
1st   Anderson & Stamm (St. T) def Cohen & Jose (SM)                   8-0
2nd   Krueger & Mary Steimle (St. T) def. Soucie & Zajac (SM)          8-0
3rd   Stoffel & Autum Wilkowski (St. T) def. Iannetta & Grenier (SM)   8-1

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Monday, March 25, 2002

at Hilton Head, S.C.

Final Score:   Univ. of St. Thomas (Minn.)   9   Univ. of Southern Maine   0

Singles
1st   Kim Mueller (ST) def. Emily Jose (SM)            6-2, 6-1
2nd   Sarah Lee (ST) def. Ashley Soucie (SM)           6-3, 6-3
3rd   Julie Wieden (ST) def. Michelle Zajac (SM)       6-3, 6-3
4th   Jodi Dmohoski (ST) def. April Cohen (SM)         6-3, 6-4
5th   Becky Bell (ST) def. Jewel Iannetta (SM)         6-2, 6-2
6th   Jennie Bergerson (ST) def. Lauren Grenier (SM)   6-4, 6-4

Doubles
1st   Wieden & Lee (ST) def. Jose & Cohen (SM)                  8-4
2nd   Dmohoski & Mueller (ST) def. Soucie & Zajac (SM)          8-5
3rd   Bell & Tiffany Weaver (ST) def. Iannetta & Grenier (SM)   8-4

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Sunday, March 24, 2002

at Hilton Head, S.C.

Final Score   Villa Julie College   5      Univ. of Southern Maine   4

Singles
1st   Lindsay Cole (VJ) def Ashley Soucie (SM)        6-4, 6-3
2nd   Emily Jose (SM) def. Kristina Grissom (VJ)      6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (3)
3rd   Amanda Long (VJ) def. Michelle Zajac (SM)       6-1, 6-2
4th   April Cohen (SM) def. Allison Yau (VJ)          6-2, 6-4
5th   Natalia Torchia (VJ) def. Jewel Iannetta (SM)   6-1, 6-3
6th   Lauren Grenier (SM) def. Kristen Meckel (VJ)    6-1, 6-0

Doubles
1st   Cole & Grissom (VJ) def. Cohen & Jose (SM)           default
2nd   Long & Yau (VJ) def. Soucie & Zajac (SM)             8-4
3rd   Iannetta & Grenier (SM) def. Torchia & Meckel (VJ)   8-3

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                                FALL 2001 SEASON

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Thursday, October 18, 2002

at Beverly, Mass.

Final Score:    Endicott College    8    Univ. of Southern Maine    1

Singles:
1st  Brittney Langley (E)  def.  Emily Jose (SM)                6-1, 4-1 retired
2nd  Melissa Marrone (E)  def.  Ashley Soucie (SM)              6-3, 3-6, 6-1
3rd  Julie Castle (E)  def.  Sarah McLean (SM)                  6-1, 6-0
4th  Michelle Zajac (SM)  def.  Rebecca Perloff (E)             6-2, 6-3
5th  Bridget Poulsen (E)  def.  April Cohen (SM)                6-2, 6-2
6th  Kaitlin White (E)  def.  Jewel Iannetta (SM)               6-2, 6-2

Doubles:
1st  Langley & Marrone (E)  def.  Cohen & McLean (SM)                8-0
2nd  Castle & Poulsen (E)  def.  Zajac & Soucie (SM)                 9-8 (7-2)
3rd  Lindsay Caufield & Kerry Damon (E)  def. Iannetta & Lauren Grenier (SM)    8-2

Team Records:    Southern Maine    4-8
Endicott         10-2

Southern Maine concludes its fall season

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Saturday, October 13, 2001

                            Little East Conference 
             Eighth Annual Women's Tennis Championships Tournament
                               at Gorham, Maine

Final Results
Team Scores
Rhode Island College    20.0
UMass Boston            18.0
Southern Maine          10.0
UMass Dartmouth          6.5
Plymouth State           6.0
Western Connecticut      2.0

Doubles Championships
2nd Flight
Donna Vongratsavay & Meghan Mooney (RIC) def. Sabine Van Vlerken & Christine 
Hortick (UMB)    6-1, 6-2

3rd Flight
Michelle Zajac & Ashley Soucie (SM) def. Courtney Chauvette & Samantha Hedden 
(RIC)    6-0, 6-0

Singles Championships
1st Flight
Semifinals
Kristina Sandelin (UMB) def. Emily Jose (SM)    6-1, 3-0, retired
Cynthia Murray (RIC) def. Jamie hazard (PS)    6-3, 6-0

Consolation Bracket
Jamie Bergers (WC) def. Dana Feinstein (UMD)    default

Championship
Sandelin (UMB) def. Murray (RIC)    6-0, 6-2

2nd Flight
First Round
Sabine Van Vlerken (UMB) def. Erin Peters (UMD)    8-4
Ashley Soucie (SM) def. Alison Healey (WC)    8-3

Semifinals
Carminda Rocha (RIC) def. Van Vlerken (UMB)    6-0, 6-3
Soucie (SM) def. Katie Olsen (PS)    3-6, 6-3, 6-2

Consolation Bracket
Healey (WC) def. Peters (UMD)    8-0

Championship
Rocha (RIC) def. Soucie (SM)    6-4, 6-4

3rd Flight
Semifinals
Donna Vongratsavay (RIC) def. Melissa Walsh (UMD)    6-0, 6-0
Christine Hortick (UMB) def. Sarah Kasuba (PS)    6-2, 7-6 (4)

Consolation Bracket
Sarah McLean (SM) def. Vickie Smith (WC)    8-5

Championship
Hortick (UMB) def. Vongratsavay (RIC)    0-6, 6-2, 6-4

4th Flight
First Round
Samantha Hedden (RIC) def. Cally Thorup (PS)    8-3

Semifinals
Hedden (RIC) def. Michelle Zajac (SM)    3-6, 6-4, 6-0
Coryne Preston (UMD) def. Caitlin Dangler (UMB)    6-4, 7-5

Consolation Bracket
Thorup (PS) def. Walsh (WC)    8-6

Championship
Hedden (RIC) def. Preston (UMD)    6-3, 7-5

5th Flight
First Round
Tomoko Tabuchi (UMB) def. Jennessa Perugine (WC)    8-4

Semifinals
Meghan Mooney (RIC) def. Sarah Clapp (UMD)    6-3, 7-5
Tabuchi (UMB) def. Lindsay Coletti (PS)    1-6, 6-3, 6-1

Consolation Bracket
Jewel Iannetta (SM) def. Perugine (WC)    8-4

Championship
Mooney (RIC) def. Tabuchi (UMB)    6-3, 6-4

6th Flight
Semifinals
Blanka Stratford (UMB) def. Michaela O'Connell (UMD)    6-3, 6-3
April Cohen (SM) def. Courtney Chauvette (RIC)    6-2, 6-2

Consolation Bracket
Cassie Cash (PS) def. Carissa Lozinski (WC)    8-0

Championship
Stratford (UMB) def. Cohen (SM)    6-1, 6-3

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Friday, October 12, 2001

                             Little East Conference
             Eighth Annual Women's Tennis Championships Tournament
                              at  Portland, Maine

First Day Results
Team Scores
UMass Boston            6.0
Rhode Island College    6.0
UMass Dartmouth         5.5
Plymouth State          5.0
Southern Maine          5.0
Western Connecticut     1.5

Doubles Results, First Round
1st Flight
Alison Healy & Vickie Smith (WC) def. Sarah Clapp & Michaela O'Connell (UMD)    
8-4
Jamie Hazard & Katie Olsen (PS) def. April Cohen & Jewel Iannetta (SM)    8-1
Cynthia Murray & Carminda Rocha (RIC) and Kristina Sandelin & Tomoko Tabuchi 
(UMB)    bye

2nd Flight
Emily Jose & Sarah McLean (SM) def. Erin Peters & Coryne Preston (UMD)    8-4
Sarah Kasuba & Cally Thorup (PS) def. Jamie Bergers & Melissa Walsh (WC)    8-2
Donna Vongratsavay & Meghan Mooney (RIC) and Sabine Van Vlerken & Christine 
Hortick (UMB)    bye

3rd Flight
Kristen Pels & Katerina Tassiopoulos (UMB) def. Melissa Walsh & Dena Haden (UMD)    
8-1
Holly Mills & Kelley Sheehan (PS) def. Jennessa Perugine & Carissa Lozinski (WC)    
8-0
Courtney Chauvette & Samantha Hedden (RIC) and Michelle Zajac & Ashley Soucie 
(SM)    bye

Semifinals
1st Flight
Murray & Rocha (RIC) def. Healy & Smith (WC)    6-2, 6-4
Sandelin & Tabuchi (UMB) def. Hazard & Olsen (PS)    6-3, 6-3

2nd Flight
Vongratsavay & Mooney (RIC) def. Jose & McLean (SM)    6-3, 6-2
Van Vlerken & Hortick (UMB) def. Kasuba & Thorup (PS)    6-4, 1-6, 6-3

3rd Flight
Chauvette & Hedden (RIC) def. Pels & Tassiopoulos (UMB)    3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
Zajac & Soucie (SM) def. Mills & Sheehan (PS)    6-4, 7-6 (8-6)


Consolation Bracket
1st Flight
Clapp & O'Connell (UMD) def. Cohen & Iannetta (SM)    8-6

2nd Flight
Peters & Preston (UMD) def. Bergers & Walsh (WC)    8-2

3rd Flight
Walsh & Haden (UMD) def. Perugine & Lozinski (WC)    8-3


Doubles Championships
1st Flight
Sandelin & Tabuchi (UMB) def. Murray & Rocha (RIC)    6-4, 6-3

2nd Flight
Vongratsavay & Mooney (RIC) vs. Van Vlerken & Hortick (UMB)    suspended, 
darkness

3rd Flight
Zajac & Soucie (SM) vs. Chauvette & Hedden (RIC)    suspended, darkness


Singles, First Round
1st Flight
Emily Jose (SM) def. Dana Feinstein (UMD)    default
Jamie Hazard (PS) def. Jamie Bergers (WC)    8-1
Kristina Sandelin (UMB and Cynthia Murray (RIC)    byes

2nd Flight
Sabine Van Vlerken (UMB) vs. Erin Peters (UMD)    Saturday
Ashley Soucie (SM) vs. Alison Healey (WC)    Saturday
Carminhda Rocha (RIC) and Katie Olsen (PS)    byes

3rd Flight
Melissa Walsh (UMD) def. Sarah McLean (SM)    8-6
Sarah Kasuba (PS) def. Vickie Smith (WC)    8-3
Donna Vongratsavay (RIC) and Christine Hortick(UMB)     byes

4th Flight
Coryne Preston (UMD) def. Melissa Walsh (WC)    8-2
Cally Thorup (PS) vs. Samantha Hedden (RIC)    Saturday
Michelle Zajac (SM) and Caitlin Dangler (UMB)     byes

5th Flight
Sarah Clapp (UMD) def. Jewel Iannetta (SM)    8-1
Jennessa Perugine (WC) vs. Tomoko Tabuchi (UMB)    Saturday
Meghan Mooney (RIC) and Lindsay Coletti (PS)    byes

6th Flight
April Cohen (SM) def. Carissa Lozinski (WC)    8-0
Michaela O'Connell (UMD) def. Cassie Cash (PS)    8-4
Blanka Stratford (UMB) and Courtney Chauvette (RIC)    byes

Play resumes at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, October 13 at the Deering Oaks tennis courts, Portland, Maine

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Tuesday, October 9, 2001

at Waterville, Maine

Final Score:    Colby College    9    Univ. of Southern Maine    0

Singles:
1st  Britt Palmedo (C)  def.  Emily Jose (SM)          6-0, 6-0
2nd  Christina Pluta (C)  def.  Ashley Soucie (SM)     6-0, 6-0
3rd  Caren Harris (C)  def.  Sarah McLean (SM)         6-0, 6-0
4th  Jenny Grace (C)  def.  Michelle Zajac (SM)        6-0, 6-1
5th  Erika Goss (C)  def.  April Cohen (SM)            6-0, 6-0
6th  Emily Walker (C)  def. Jewel Ianetta (SM)         6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1st  Palmedo & Harris (C)  def.  Jose & McLean (SM)       8-0
2nd  Nikki Patel & Grace (C)  def.  Cohen & Zajac (SM)    8-0
3rd  Walker & Goss (C)  def.  Soucie & Iannetta (SM)      8-1

Team Records:    Colby    4-1
                 Southern Maine    4-7

Next Match:    Little East Conference Championships
               Deering Oaks Courts
               Portland, Maine
               Friday-Saturday, October 12-13

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Saturday, October 6, 2001

Little East Conference
at Gorham, Maine

Final Score  Univ. of Southern Maine  7    Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth  2

Singles
1st  Emily Jose (SM)  def.  Erin Peters (UMD)                7-5, 6-1
2nd  Ashley Soucie (SM)  def.  Melissa Walsh (UMD)           6-3, 6-0
3rd  Sarah McLean (SM)  def.  Coryne Preston (UMD)           6-0, 6-1
4th  Michelle Zajac (SM)  def.  Sarah Clapp (UMD)            3-6, 6-3, 6-2
5th  April Cohen (SM)  def.  Michaela O'Connell (UMD)        6-2, 6-2
6th  Dena Haden (UMD)  def.  Jewel Iannetta (SM)             6-2, 7-6 (7-1)

Doubles
1st  Clapp & O'Connell (UMD)  def.  Iannetta & Cohen (SM)    8-4
2nd  McLean & Jose (SM)  def.  Peters & Preston (UMD)        8-5
3rd  Soucie & Zajac (SM)  def.  Walsh & Haden (UMD)          8-1

Team Record:    Southern Maine     4-6  (3-2 Little East)
                UMass Dartmouth    4-7  (1-4 Little East)

Next Match:    Southern Maine at Colby    Tuesday, October 9
               UMass Dartmouth at Conn. College    Tuesday, October 9

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Friday, October 5, 2001

at New London, N.H.

Final Score:   Colby-Sawyer College   5      Univ. of Southern Maine   4

Singles
1st   Ashley Soucie (SM)  def.  Kim Tocci (CS)             6-3, 6-0
2nd   Kate Rocheford (CS)  def.  Emily Jose (SM)           6-1, 6-4
3rd   Sarah McLean (SM)  def.  Sarah Reagan (CS)           6-3, 6-2
4th   Jen Wood (CS)  def.  Michelle Zajac (SM)             6-2, 6-2
5th   April Cohen (SM)  def.  Karen Salvo (CS)             6-2, 6-0
6th   Meegan Best (CS)  def.  Lauren Grenier (SM)          6-2, 6-3

Doubles:
1st   Tocci & Rocheford (CS)  def.  Jose & McLean (SM)             8-3
2nd   Soucie & Zajac (SM)  def.  Reagan & Salvo (CS)               8-3
3rd   Wood & Amy Carroll (CS)  def.  Jewel Iannetta & Cohen (SM)   8-4

Team Records:   Southern Maine   3-6
                Colby-Sawyer     6-7

USM Next Match:  UMass Dartmouth at Southern Maine   Saturday, October 6

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Thursday, October 4, 2001

at Gorham, Maine

Final Score    Univ. of Southern Maine    9    Salem State College    0

Singles
1st  Ashley Soucie (SM)  def.  Amanda Stanley (SS)         6-0, 6-4
2nd  Emily Jose (SM)  def.  Fumiko Nagai (SS)              6-3, 6-1
3rd  Sarah McLean (SM)  def.  Terry DeStefano (SS)         6-0, 6-2
4th  Michelle Zajac (SM)  def.  Tracy Morin (SS)           6-0, 6-1
5th  April Cohen (SM)  def.  Jen Tromke (SS)               6-1, 6-0
6th  Jewel Iannetta (SM)  def.  Andrea Colby  (SS)         7-6 (7-5), 6-4

Doubles
1st  Jose & McLean (SM)  def.  Stanley & Nagai (SS)        8-3
2nd  Soucie & Zajac (SM)  def.  DeStefano & Morin (SS)     8-0
3rd  Cohen & Iannetta (SM)  def.  Tromke & Colby (SS)      8-5

Team Record:    Southern Maine    3-5

Next Match:    Southern Maine at Colby-Sawyer    Friday, October 5    3:00

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Saturday, September 29, 2001

Little East Conference
at Danbury, Conn.

Final Score:  Univ. of Southern Maine   8    Western Connecticut State Univ.   1

Singles:
1st  Ashley Soucie (SM)  def.  Stacy Slater (WC)    6-0, 6-1
2nd  Emily Jose (SM)  def.  Jamie Bergers (WC)    6-2, 6-2
3rd  Allison Healy (WC)  def.  Sarah McLean (SM)    6-4, 6-3
4th  Michelle Zajac (SM)  def.  Vicki Smith (WC)    0-6, 7-5, 6-3
5th  Jewel Iannetta (SM)  def.  Melissa Walsh (WC)    6-4, 6-3
6th  Katie Bergson (SM)  def.  Carressa Lucinski (WC)    6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1st  Jose & McLean (SM)  def.  Healy & Smith (WC)    8-4
2nd  Soucie & Zajac (SM)  def.  Slater & Bergers (WC)    8-4
3rd  Iannetta & Bergson (SM)  def.  Walsh & Lucinski (WC)    8-0

Team Record:    Southern Maine    2-5  (2-2 Little East Conference)

Next Match:    Salem State at Southern Maine,  Thursday, October 4   (3:30)
               Western Connecticut at Hunter,  Thursday, October 4  (4:00)

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Friday, September 28, 2001

Little East Conference
at Providence, R.I.

Final Score:    Rhode Island College    7    Southern Maine    2

Singles
1st   Cynthia Murray (RIC)  def.  Ashley Soucie (SM)          6-1, 7-6
2nd   Carminda Rocha (RIC)  def.  Emily Jose (SM)             6-0, 6-0
3rd   Donna Vongratsavay (RIC)  def.  Sarah McLean (SM)       6-1, 3-6, 6-3
4th   Michelle Zajac (SM)  def.  Samantha Hedden (RIC)        6-4, 4-6, 6-0
5th   Meghan Mooney (RIC)  def.  April Cohen (SM)             3-2, retire
6th   Courtney Chauvette (RIC)  def.  Jewel Iannetta (SM)     6-4, 6-0

Doubles
1st   Murray & Rocha (RIC)  def.  Soucie & Iannetta (SM)      8-1
2nd   Vongratavay & Mooney (RIC)  def.  Jose & McLean (SM)    8-5
3rd   Zajac & Cohen (SM)  def.  Chauvette & Hedden (RIC)      9-7

Completion of match originally started on September 21 and suspended due to 
rain.

Team Records: Southern Maine  1-4  (1-2 Little East Conference)
              Rhode Island College  8-1  (3-0 Little East Conference)

Next Match    Southern Maine at Western Connecticut    Saturday, September 29
              Rhode Island College at UMass Dartmouth    Saturday, September 29

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Wednesday, September 26, 2001

at Gorham, Maine

Final Score    Plymouth State    8    Univ. of Southern Maine    1

Singles
1st   Jamie Hazard (PS)  def.  Ashley Soucie (SM)        7-5, 6-7 (7-5), 6-3
2nd   Kate Olsen (PS)  def.  Emily Jose (SM)             6-3, 6-1
3rd   Sarah McLean (SM)  def.  Cally Thorup (PS)         6-0, 6-2
4th   Sarah Kasuba (PS)  def.  Michelle Zajac (SM)       6-2, 6-3
5th   Lindsay Coletti (PS)  def.  April Cohen (SM)       6-7 (9-7), 0-2 retired
6th   Cassie Cash (PS)  def.  Jewel Iannetta (SM)        2-6, 6-3, 6-3

Doubles
1st   Hazard & Olsen (PS)  def.  Jose & McLean (SM)                    8-6
2nd   Thorup & Kasuba (PS)  def.  Zajac & Cohen (SM)                   8-3
3rd   Holly Mills & Kelley Sheehan (PS) def. Soucie & Iannetta (SM)    8-5

Team Records    Southern Maine    1-4  (1-1 LEC)
                Plymouth State    5-1  (2-1 LEC)

Next Match    Southern Maine at Rhode Island College, Friday Sept. 28
              Plymouth State hosts UMass Boston, Saturday, Sept. 29

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Sunday, September 23, 2001

Huskies Finish Third at Grass Courts Doubles Tourney

	NEWPORT, R.I.  --  The University of Southern Maine Huskies women's tennis 
team finished third among five teams competing in the rain-delayed 17th annual 
Salve Regina University Women's Doubles Grass Court Tournament held at the 
Tennis Hall of Fame.  The tournament was originally scheduled for Saturday, but 
was moved to Sunday due to rain Friday night and Saturday morning.
	USM, the defending champion, earned 16 points to finish behind Salve 
Regina (28 points) and Bryant College (26 points.  Rounding out the field were 
the Salve Regina Alumni (12 points) and Bridgewater State College.
	The Huskies were led by sophomore Emily Jose (Caribou, Maine) and junior 
Sarah McLean (Portsmouth, R.I.) who combined to finish runner-up in the first 
flight.  Freshman Ashley Soucie (Caribou, Maine) and junior Jewel Iannetta 
(Dover-Foxcroft, Maine) also finished second in the third flight.  Both teams 
were 3-1 in their respective flights.
	USM's other doubles combinations were senior April Cohen (South Portland, 
Maine) and sophomore Michelle Zajac (Pennsburg, Penn.) in the second flight and 
freshmen Katie Bergson (Portland, Maine) and Lauren Grenier (South Berwick, 
Maine) in the fourth flight.
	Southern Maine returns to dual match competition Wednesday (September 26) 
when Plymouth State College visits Gorham.  The match gets underway at 3:30 p.m.

Team Scores:  1. Salve Regina, 28;  2. Bryant, 26;  3. Southern Maine, 16;  4. 
Salve Regina Alumni, 12;  5. Bridgewater State, 0

Flight A
Meg McDaniel & Christina Shrigley (SR)  def.  Sarah McLean & Emily Jose    8-6
McLean & Jose (SM)  def.  Jenelle Caiola & Melissa Kendall (Br)            8-3
McLean & Jose (SM)  def.  Amy Rego & Sarah DaRosa (BSC)                    8-0
McLean & Jose (SM)  def.  Christen Barrasso & Meg Strathman (Alum)         8-6

Flight B
Kate Polucha & Nicole Whiteside (Br)  def.  April Cohen & Michelle Zajac (SM)    
8-3
Danielle Shannon & Laura Valcourt (SR)  def  Cohen & Zajac (SM)            8-1
Botum Bou & Melissa Lamb (Alum)  def.  Cohen & Zajac (SM)                  8-4
Cohen & Zajac (SM)  def.  Megan Bradford & Melissa Power (BSC)             8-1

Flight C
Jewel Iannetta & Ashley Soucie (SM)  def.  Erika Milliun & Sarah Scardilli (SR)    
8-3
Liz Gouthier & Ashleigh McLean (Br)  def.  Iannetta & Soucie (SM)          8-4
Iannetta & Soucie (SM)  def.  Keleigh Balzer & Kristen Gangemi (Alum)      8-3
Iannetta & Soucie (SM)  def.  Lisette Carrasquillo & Darcie Rich (BSC)     8-0

Flight D
Sasha Garabedian & Ariana Rinaudo (Br)  def.  Katie Bergson & Lauren Grenier 
(SM)    8-6
Lisa Buro & Amy Tubman (SR)  def.  Bergson & Gernier (SM)                  8-6
Bergson & Grenier (SM)  def.  Kelley McCarthy & Elizabeth Stieg (BSC)      8-0

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Saturday, September 22, 2001

Grass Court Doubles Tournament Postponed to Sunday

	GORHAM, Maine  --  The annual Salve Regina University Women's Grass Court 
Doubles Tournament, which includes the University of Southern Maine Huskies, has 
been postponed due to wet weather.  The tournament, held at the Tennis Hall of 
Fame in Newport, R.I., has been rescheduled for Sunday, September 23.
	It is the second straight day that the Huskies have been beaten by the 
weather.  USM and Rhode Island College were underway in their Little East 
Conference match on Friday when the weather suspended play with the Anchorwomen 
leading 2-1.  That match is tentatively scheduled to be resumed next Friday 
(September 28) in Providence.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2001

at Lewiston, Maine

Final Score:    Bates College  9      Univ. of Southern Maine  0

Singles:
1.   Tara Devito (B)  def.  Ashley Soucie (SM)             6-4, 6-0
2.   Heather Bracken (B)  def.  Emily Jose (SM)            6-3, 6-2
3.   Kelsey Evans (B)  def.  Sarah McLean (SM)             6-0, 6-0
4.   Kim Hoffman (B)  def.  Michelle Zajac (SM)            6-1, 6-2
5.   Lindsay Yost (B)  def.  April Cohen (SM)              6-1, retired
6.   Elizabeth Cebula (B)  def.  Jewel Iannetta (SM)       6-1, 6-0

Doubles:
1.   Bracken / Yost (B)  def.  Jose / McLean (SM)                8-6
2.   Devito / Hoffman (B)  def.  Zajac / Cohen (SM)              8-2
3.   Evans / Talbot Randall (B)  def.  Soucie / Iannetta (SM)    8-3

Team Record:    Univ. of Southern Maine    1-3
                Bates                      1-0

Next Match:    Southern Maine at Rhode Island College, Friday, September 21
               Bates at ITA Tournament (@ Williams), September 28-30

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Saturday, September 15, 2001

Little East Conference
at Gorham, Maine

Final Score:  Univ. of Southern Maine  5    Univ. of Massachusetts Boston  4

Singles:
1st    Kristen Sandelin (UMB)  def.  Emily Jose (SM)         6-2, 6-4
2nd    Ashley Soucie (SM)  def.  Sabine Van Vlerken (UMB)    6-1, 6-1
3rd    Christine Hortick (UMB)  def.  Sarah McLean (SM)      6-2, 1-6, 6-2
4th    Michelle Zajac (SM)  def.  Kelly Ann Purkis (UMB)     6-3, 0-6, 6-1
5th    April Cohen (SM)  def.  Tomoko Tabuchi (UMB)          6-3, 2-6, 7-5
6th    Blanka Stratford (UMB)  def.  Jewel Iannetta (SM)     6-1, 6-3

Doubles
1st    Sandelin & Purkis (UMB)  def.  Jose & Iannette (SM)                   8-2
2nd    Zajac & Cohen (SM)  def.  Van Vlerken & Hortick (UMB)                 8-6
3rd    Soucie & McLean (SM)  def.  Alrette Peters & Caitlyn Dangler (UMB)    8-3


Team Records:    Southern Maine  1-2  (1-0 LEC)
                 UMass Boston    2-1  (0-1 LEC)

Next Match:    Southern Maine at Bates,  Wednesday (Sept. 19)  (4:00 p.m.)
               UMass Boston at Eastern Nazarene, Wednesday,  Sept. 19  (3:00 p.m.)

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Wednesday, September 12, 2001

Women's Tennis Match Postponed

	GORHAM, Maine  --  Today's (Wednesday, September 12) intercollegiate 
women's tennis match between the University of Southern Maine and Bowdoin 
College has been postponed due to yesterday's events in New York City and 
Washington, D.C.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2001

USM Postpones All Athletic Events

	GORHAM, Maine  --  Due to the events in New York City and Washington, 
D.C., the University of Southern Maine has postponed all varsity athletic events 
scheduled for today (Tuesday, September 11).
	Contests effected include the women's soccer game at St. Joseph's College, 
the field hockey game at New England College and the women's tennis match at 
Endicott College. Make-up dates will be announced at a later date.

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Saturday, September 8, 2001

Final Score:    Manhattanville College   5    Univ. of Southern Maine    4
at Purchase, N.Y.

Singles
1st   Rachel Heller (M)  def.  Emily Jose (SM)             7-6 (8-6), 4-2 retired
2nd   Ashley Soucie (SM)  def.  Lauren Abinanti (M)        6-0, 6-1
3rd   Lisa Alnweek (M)  def.  Michelle Zajac (SM)          6-1, 6-1
4th   Sarah McLean (SM)  def.  Kerri Kleiner (M)           7-6 (8-6), 6-0
5th   April Cohen (SM)  def.  Joanna Robbins (M)           6-1, 6-0
6th   Amy Johnson (M)  def. Jewel Iannetta (SM)            7-5, 3-6, 6-4


Doubles
1st   Heller & Abinanti (M)  def.  Jose & McLean (SM)                  8-3
2nd   Alnweek & Kleiner (M)  def. Cohen & Zajac (SM)                   8-3
3rd   Iannetta & Soucie (SM)  def.  Robbins & Natalie Spedalieri (M)   8-2

Team Record:    Southern Maine   0-2

USM Next Match:  Tuesday, September 11, at Endicott College   (3:30 p.m.)

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Friday, September 7, 2001

Final Score:   New York University   9   University of Southern Maine   0
at New York, N.Y.

Singles
1st   Michelle Dest (NYU)  def.  Emily Jose (SM)                 6-0, 6-1
2nd   Diana Bellettieri (NYU)  def.  Ashley Soucie (SM)          6-1, 6-3
3rd   Tess Coverman (NYU)  def.  Michelle Zajac (SM)             6-0, 6-1
4th   Suma Narasimharajian (NYU)  def.  Sarah McLean (SM)        6-2, 6-4
5th   Carol Young (NYU)  def.  April Cohen (SM)                  6-1, 6-1
6th   Maya Joseph-Gozeiner (NYU)  def.  Jewel Iannetta (SM)      6-3, 6-2

Doubles
1st   Dest & Coverman (NYU)  def  Jose & Soucie (SM)             8-0
2nd   Bellettieri & Narasimharajian (NYU)  def. Zajac & McLean   8-2
3rd   Young & Joseph-Gozeiner  (NYU)  def.  Iannetta & Cohen     8-0

Team Records:   New York Univ.   1-0   Southern Maine   0-1

USM Next Match:  Saturday, September 8, at Manhattanville College  (2:00 p.m.)

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Thursday, September 6, 2001

Cohen, McLean Named USM Women's Tennis Captains

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