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HOBOKEN, N.J. (September 7, 2014) – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's tennis team won five of the first six matches Sunday to clinch a 5-4 win over Hartwick College in Hoboken. 

The win keeps the Ducks undefeated at 4-0 while Hartwick dropped to 2-1.
 
Senior Danielle Stewart and freshman Katrina Guido started the winning for Stevens with an 8-3 win over seniors Steph Luce and Nicole Schepisi at first doubles. With the win, the Stevens veteran-rookie combo moved to 4-0 from that position on the season.
 
Hartwick evened things up with a 9-7 win at No. 3, but the Ducks rebounded with sophomores Allie Masciana and Jillian Morneau's 8-3 win at No. 2 over senior Lauren Noyes and sophomore Caitlin O'Brien. The win moved the pair's record to 3-0 on the season from the third doubles position.
 
Stewart provide the veteran leadership again once singles started with a 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 1 over Schepisi to give Stevens a 3-1 lead, before Guido followed suit with a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 2. Up 4-1, Masciana delivered the knock-out blow at No. 6 with her 6-2, 6-0 win over Noyes to clinch the match for Stevens.
 
Stewart, Guido, and Masciana moved their individual records to 4-0 on the season in singles, all doing so from more than one position. As a team, the Ducks have won nine of their last 12 Empire 8 Conference matches.
 
Stevens will return to conference play next weekend with a Saturday match against St. John Fisher College at 12 p.m. followed by a Sunday battle with Alfred University at 12 p.m. Both matches will take place in Hoboken on the Stevens tennis courts.
 
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1. Danielle Stewart (SITW) def. Nicole Schepisi (HAC) 6-2, 6-4

2. Katrina Guido (SITW) def. Steph Luce (HAC) 6-2, 6-1

3. Kelly Napolitano (HAC) def. Alexis Connor (SITW) 7-6, 6-3

4. Kristen Napolitano (HAC) def. Jillian Morneau (SITW) 6-3, 3-6, 10-8

5. Caitlin O'Brien (HAC) def. Lily Bruenjes (SITW) 6-0, 5-4

6. Allie Masciana (SITW) def. Lauren Noyes (HAC) 6-2, 6-0

 

1. Danielle Stewart/Katrina Guido (SITW) def. Steph Luce/Nicole Schepisi (HAC) 8-3

2. Kelly Napolitano/Kristen Napolitano (HAC) def. Alexis Connor/Lily Bruenjes (SITW) 9-7

3. Allie Masciana/Jillian Morneau (SITW) def. Lauren Noyes/Caitlin O'Brien (HAC) 8-6

 
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