Strong Singles Play Carries Raiders Past WPU
Rutgers-Newark 6, William Paterson 3
9/23/2009 10:09:55 PM
NEWARK, NJ – Rutgers-Newark dominated singles play, taking five of the six matches in straight sets, to stop William Paterson, 6-3, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference contest on The Golden Dome Courts.
NCAA Box Score
Freshman
Ashley Lawrence and junior
Kelly Fitzsimmons teamed for the Scarlet Raiders’ only doubles victory on the No. 1 court, downing Sonja Pederson and Lisa Varacallo, 8-2.
Lawrence, Fitzsimmons, freshmen
Lia Salierno, and sophomores
Mercedes Kuilan and
Wanze Li each rolled to easy singles victories as Rutgers-Newark improved to 2-7 overall and 1-3 in the NJAC. The Pioneers slipped to 3-3 overall and 0-2 in the conference.
The Raiders play a non-conference match at the College of St. Elizabeth on Friday at 3 p.m.