Posted: Oct 08, 2013

No. 14 must wait 'til next year

Elizabeth Liguori (foreground) and Elizabeth DiFilippo gave Salve Regina its best chance at a victory in its quarterfinal meeting with the Hawks.

BRISTOL, R.I. – Third seed Roger Williams University women's tennis team advances to the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) semifinals after a 5-0 victory over the sixth seed Salve Regina University Tuesday evening. Salve Regina falls for the eighth time in its bid for an unprecedented 14th title.

All-CCC Second Team duo Samantha Curran (Cumberland, R.I.) and Hillary Dutton (Cheshire, Conn.) began the day with an 8-1 win over Gina Ciliberti (West Islip, N.Y.) and Hayley Maxwell (Pound Ridge, N.Y.) at #2. All-CCC Honorable Mention selections Lauren Schmidt (South Windsor, Conn.) and Alexandra Brown (Kennett, Mo.) followed with an 8-3 win at #2 over Kasey Walther (Natick, Mass.) and Emma Gruber (New Canaan, Conn.). Emma Limburg (New London, N.H.) and Adriana Maconochie (Easton, Conn.) pulled out a hard-fought 8-6 victory over Elizabeth Liguori (Westerly, R.I.) and Elizabeth DiFilippo (West Chester, Pa.) at #3.

At singles, Curran did not drop a game as she swept Walther 6-0, 6-0 at #1. Schmidt followed suit shortly after, earning a 6-0, 6-1 victory against Cilberti at #2 to clinch the win for RWU.

With the win, Roger Williams will head up to Endicott College on Thursday afternoon to face the second-seeded Gulls in the CCC Semifinals. Endicott edged the Hawks 5-4 in their lone regular season matchup. Salve Regina bows out of the tournament with a 3-8 overall record, but will compete at the New England Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament next week.

Tennis Match Results
Salve Regina vs Roger Williams
10/08/13 at Bristol, R.I.
(RWU Tennis Courts)

Roger Williams 5, Salve Regina 0

Singles competition
1. Samantha Curran (RWU) def. Kasey Walther (SRU) 6-0, 6-0
2. Lauren Schmidt (RWU) def. Gina Ciliberti (SRU) 6-0, 6-1
3. Hillary Dutton (RWU) vs. Hayley Maxwell (SRU) 6-4, 3-0, unfinished
4. Alexandra Brown (RWU) vs. Emma Gruber (SRU) 6-5, unfinished
5. Harley Kaiserman (RWU) vs. Elizabeth Liguori (SRU) 6-2, 5-1, unfinished
6. Emma Limburg (RWU) vs. Taylor Amendola (SRU) 0-6, 6-0, 1-1, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Samantha Curran/Hillary Dutton (RWU) def. Gina Ciliberti/Hayley Maxwell (SRU) 8-1
2. Alexandra Brown/Lauren Schmidt (RWU) def. Emma Gruber/Kasey Walther (SRU) 8-3
3. Emma Limburg/Adriana Maconochie (RWU) def. Elizabeth DiFilippo/Elizabeth Liguori (SRU) 8-6

Match Notes:
Salve Regina 3-8
Roger Williams 10-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,2)
The Commonwealth Coast Conference Quarterfinals
#3 Roger Williams vs. #4 Salve Regina
Roger Williams advances to the CCC Semifinals