NAZARETH WINS RPI TENNIS INVITATIONAL
RESULTS

TROY, N.Y (Sept. 4, 2005) -- Nazareth College won all three doubles flights and three of the six singles flights to win the 2005 Rensselaer Invitational Women's Tennis Tournament, hosted this weekend by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) at Prospect Park. With the victory, the Golden Flyers have now won the event in five of the past seven years. Senior Angela Tessoni (pictured) went unbeaten for Nazareth in singles and doubles.

Rensselaer, the 2004 champions, finished second with three points, followed by Hartwick and Russell Sage, which tied for third with zero points.

The tournament was run as a round robin with six flights in singles and three in doubles. Each player played the other three in their flights and those who won the most matches in their individual flights earned a point for their school.

Below are the final team standings:
1st: Nazareth 8 points
2nd: Rensselaer 1
3rd: Hartwick & Russell Sage 0

Below are the individual singles champions, by flight, with their personal records.

Flight 1: Angela Tessoni, Nazareth 3-0
Flight 2: Progga Das, Rensselaer 3-0
Flight 3: Rachel Leonard, Nazareth 3-0
Flight 4: Betsy O'Brien, Nazareth 3-0
Flight 5: Andrea Dalton, Rensselaer 3-0
Flight 6: Charlotte Kaplan, Rensselaer 3-0

Below are the doubles winners, by flight, with their day's records:

Flight 1: Tessoni and O'Brien, Nazareth 3-0
Flight 2: Stephanie Parvan and Leonard, Nazareth 3-0
Flight 3: Emily McAdoo and Kathryn Cross, Nazareth 3-0