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Rider Tennis Teams Split with Terriers

The women's tennis squad beat St. Francis, Brooklyn, while the men lost.

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The Rider University women’s tennis team defeated the Terriers of St. Francis Brooklyn in a non-conference match on Wednesday afternoon.  

The women won 5-2 with the Bronc men falling 4-3.  

For the Rider women, sophomore Michelle Caravaglio (Manalapan/Freehold) won 6-0, 6-0 at second singles, freshman Cynthia Vlad (Annandale/North Hunterdon) won 6-0, 6-0 at fourth singles, sophomore Leonora Paul (Hackensack) was a 6-0, 6-0 winner at fifth singles and sophomore Samantha Troxell (Mays Landing/Buena Regional HS) scored a 6-1, 6-0 victory at sixth singles. 

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In doubles play, Caravaglio teamed up with senior Marly Roche (Sussex/High Point Regional) for an 8-5 win at first doubles with Vlad and senior Alexa Manforti (Toms River/Toms River HS South) posting an 8-0 win at second doubles.  Senior Jaclyn Giameo (Roselle Park) and sophomore Annette Frankowski (Kearny) won the third doubles match by an 8-0 score.

In the men’s match, both teams split the singles matches with the competition coming down to the doubles point and the Terriers won all three matches to clinch the victory.

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Sophomore Stephen Brand (Forty Fort, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) won 7-5, 6-1 at second singles, senior Ryan Carpenter (Sahuarita, Ariz./Sahuarita) was a winner at fourth singles 6-7 (4), 6-3, 10-2 and senior Matt DiMartino (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy)  posted a 6-1, 6-0 victory at fifth singles.

Rider University 5, St. Francis (Brooklyn) 2
April 10 at Lawrenceville

Singles competition 1. Lisovska, Luda (SFBR-W) def. Roche, Marly (RID) 6-4, 6-1 2. Caravaglio, Michelle (RID) def. Edwards, Natasha (SFBR-W) 6-0, 6-0 3. Petrizzo, Camille (SFBR-W) def. Manforti, Alexa (RID) 6-2, 6-2 4. Vlad, Cynthia (RID) def. Bojinovic, Jovana (SFBR-W) 6-0, 6-0 5. Paul, Leonora (RID) def. Sooy, Sara (SFBR-W) 6-0, 6-0

6. Troxell, Samantha (RID) def. Edwards, Akuila (SFBR-W) 6-1, 6-0

 

Doubles competition

1. Roche, Marly/Caravaglio, Michelle (RID) def. Lisovska, Luda/Petrizzo, Camille (SFBR-W) 8-5 2. Manforti, Alexa/Vlad, Cynthia (RID) def. Edwards, Natasha/Edwards, Akuila (SFBR-W) 8-0 3. Giameo, Jaclyn/Frankowski, Annette (RID) def. Dzigurski, Dragana/Bojinovic, Jovana (SFBR-W) 8-0

St. Francis (Brooklyn) 4, Rider University 3
April 10, at Lawrenceville 

Singles competition 1. Terns-Campius, F (SFBR-M) def. Malfitano, Rollie (RID) 6-0, 6-1 2. Brand, Stephen (RID) def. Vrsaliko, Evan (SFBR-M) 7-5, 6-1 3. Garcia, Ricardo (SFBR-M) def. Laverty, Drew (RID) 6-3, 6-1 4. Carpenter, Ryan (RID) def. Proto, Andrea (SFBR-M) 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 10-2 5. DiMartino, Matt (RID) def. Chung, James (SFBR-M) 6-1, 6-0

6. Grunin, Martin (SFBR-M) def. Gershon, Mike (RID) 6-0, 6-1

 

Doubles competition 1. Terns-Campius, F/Mba, Tita (SFBR-M) def. Malfitano, Rollie/Carpenter, Ryan (RID) 8-4 2. Grunin, Martin/Garcia, Ricardo (SFBR-M) def. Brand, Stephen/DiMartino, Matt (RID) 8-3 3. No player/No player (SFBR-M) def. No player/No player (RID), by forfeit

—Rider University Sports Department

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