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Blue Hen Women Netters Open 2004-05 Season by Winning Six Titles at Swarthmore Invitational

Date: September 15, 2004

SWARTHMORE, PA -- University of Delaware athletes captured six of the nine championship titles at the season-opening Swarthmore Women's Tennis Tournament this past weekend.

Blue Hen freshman Susan Pollack captured the Flight A singles title, Liz Perlow was the winner of the Flight B singles crown, Jamie deGraffenreid won at Flight C singles title, Julie Schiller was the winner at Flight D singles, Kate Miller was the Flight E singles champion, and the doubles team of Miller and Stefanie Riddle captured the Flight C doubles title.

There were no finals contested at Flight F singles and Flight A doubles. Swarthmore's duo of Erica Lukoski and Elli Suzuki defeated Delaware's team of Marisa Singer and Schiller 8-6 in the Flight C doubles championship.

Pollack downed teammate Sari Shuster 6-0, 6-1 in the Flight A finals, Perlow downed teammate Alexa Dragonette 7-6 (3), 4-6, 1-0 (12) in the Flight B finals, deGraffenreid downed teammate Brittany Barsky 6-3, 6-2 in the Flight C championship, Schiller upended Midyette of Swarthmore 6-7 (3), 6-2, 1-0 (7) in the Flight D finals, Miller downed Millersville's Caitlin Golden 6-0, 6-0 in the Flight E championship and then teamed with Stefanie Riddle to down teammates Lauren Rothe and Julia Shapiro 8-2 in the Flight C doubles title match.

The Blue Hens will continue action this weekend at the Towson Invitational while the UD men open the 2004-05 campaign at the Swarthmore Invitational.

AGATE:

Delaware Participants:

Flight A Singles: Susan Pollack (Delaware) def. Kate Opilo (Millersville), 6-1, 6-0; Sari Shuster (Delaware) def. Stephanie Eckhart (Millersville), 6-2, 6-1; Pollack (D) def. Nairdu (Haverford), 6-0, 6-0; Shuster (D) def. Laura Chaddock (Haverford), 6-4, 6-0; Pollack (D) def. Suzuki (Swarthmore), 6-2, 6-2; Shuster (D) def. Matthews (Swarthmore), 6-0, 6-1; Final - Pollack (D) def. Shuster (D), 6-0, 6-1.

Flight B Singles: Liz Perlow (Delaware) def. Megan Speare (Swarthmore), 6-0, 6-1; Alexa Dragonette (Delaware) def. Priya Amar (Haverford), 6-0, 6-2; Perlow (Delaware) def. Sarah Loeffler (Haverford), 6-1, 6-0; Dragonette (Delaware) def. Sara Sargent (Swarthmore), 6-4, 6-1; Dragonette (D) def. Burdette (Millersville), 6-1, 6-0; Perlow (D) def. Lilli (Millersville), 6-0, 6-0; Final - Perlow (D) def. Dragonette (D), 7-6 (3), 4-6, 1-0 (12).

Flight C Singles: Marisa Singer (Delaware) def. Erica Lukoski (Swarthmore), 6-3, 6-1; Jamie deGraffenreid (Delaware) def. Ashley Graeff (Millersville), 6-0, 6-1; Brittany Barsky (Delaware) def. Waverly Lutz (Swarthmore), 7-5, 6-2; deGraffenreid (D) def. Singer (D), 6-1, 6-3; Barsky (D) def. Anie Baurmaster (Millersville), 6-0, 6-0; Singer (D) def. Graeff (Millersville), 6-0, 6-0; deGraffenreid (D) def. Lukoski (Swarthmore), 6-0, 6-0; Barsky (D) def. Scherb (Haverford), 6-3, 6-0; Final - deGraffenreid (D) def. Barsky (D), 6-3, 6-2.

Flight D Singles: Julie Schiller (Delaware) def. Margot Elton (Haverford), 6-3, 6-0; Stefanie Riddle (Delaware) def. Lauren Deal (Millersville), 6-1, 6-1; Schiller (D) def. Melisa Charles (Millersville), 6-1, 6-3; Riddle (D) def. Astra Wallace (Haverford), 6-4, 6-1; Midyette (Swarthmore) def. Riddle (D), 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (6); Schiller (D) def. Aggarwal (Swarthmore), 6-0, 2-6, 1-0 (7); Final - Schiller (D) def. Midyette (Swarthmore), 6-7 (3), 6-2, 1-0 (7).

Flight E Singles: Caitlin Golden (Millersville) def. Lauren Rothe (Delaware), 7-6 (8), 6-1; Katie Miller (Delaware) def. Miriam McCarroll (Haverford), 6-0, 6-1; Rothe (D) def. Federica Von Euw (Swarthmore), 6-3, 6-1; Miller (D) def. Hollis Gibson (Millersville), 6-0, 6-1; Rothe (D) def. Harris (Haverford), 6-3, 6-2; Miller (D) def. Berry (Swarthmore), 6-0, 2-6, 1-0 (2); Final - Miller (D) def. Golden (Millersville), 6-0, 6-0.

Flight F Singles: Sonali Shahi (Swarthmore) def. Julia Shapiro (Delaware), 6-1, 6-1; Shapiro (D) def. Katie Berry (Swarthmore), 7-6 (10), 7-5; Golden (Millersville) def. Shapiro (D), 6-1, 1-6, 1-0 (2); No Finals

Flight A Doubles: Dragonette/deGraffenreid (Delaware) def. Burdette/Lilli (Millersville), 8-6; Pollack-Shuster (Delaware) def. Lutz/Speare (Swarthmore), 8-1; Dragonette/deGraffenreid (D) def. Chaddock/Loeffler (Haverford), 8-0; Pollack-Shuster (D) def. Eckert/Opilo (Millersville), 8-6; Dragonette/deGraffenreid (D) def. Sargent/Matthews (Swarthmore), 8-6; Pollack-Shuster (D) def. Amar-Scherb (Haverford), 8-1; No Finals

Flight B Doubles: Barsky/Schiller (Delaware) def. Elton/Wallace (Haverford), 8-1; Singer/Perlow (Delaware) def. Graeff/Deal (Millersville), 8-2; Suzuki/Lukoski (Swarthmore) def. Barsky/Schiller (D), 8-4; Singer/Perlow (D) def. Shahi/Naidu (Swarthmore), default; Barsky/Schiller (D) def. Baurmaster/Charles (Millersville), 8-1; Singer/Perlow (D) def. Berry/Midyette (Swarthmore), 8-0; Final - Lukoski/Suzuki (Swarthmore) def. Singer/Schiller (D), 8-6.

Flight C Doubles: Miller/Riddle (Delaware) def. Von Euw/Aggarwal (Swarthmore), 8-3; Miller/Riddle (D) def. Golden/Gibson (Millersville), 8-0; Miller/Riddle (D) def. Harris/Carroll (Haverford), 8-1; Rothe/Shapiro (D) def. Von Euw/Aggarwal (Swarthmore), 8-6; Rothe/Shapiro (D) def. Harris/Carroll (Haverford), 8-5; Final - Miller/Riddle (D) def. Rothe/Shapiro (D), 8-2.

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