Women's Tennis Sneaks by St. John Fisher to Pick Up Fourth Straight Win

Leigh Bryson is now 6-0 in doubles and 5-1 in singles this season

| 9/13/2007 9:16:22 PM

ROCHESTER, NY - Leigh Bryson (Wallingford, CT/Mark T. Sheehan) (Wallingford, CT/Mark T. Sheehan) and Alexis Stanley (Vestal, NY/Vestal) (Vestal, NY/Vestal) picked up wins in both singles and doubles, leading the RIT women's tennis team (5-1, 3-1 Empire 8) to a 5-4 win over Empire 8 rival St. John Fisher at the RIT Tennis Courts on Thursday. The Tigers have now won four in a row.

RIT won two of three doubles matches to start and held the match lead throughout the singles matches. Sara Paduano (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda) (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda) and Joanna Cash (Rochester, NY/Brighton) (Rochester, NY/Brighton) picked up an 8-6 win at second doubles. Bryson and Stanley came-from-behind and won at third doubles in a stirring match. The duo came back from an early deficit to take an 8-6 lead, but Fisher fought back to tie the match at 8-8. Bryson and Stanley dominated in the tiebreaker, winning the first four points and taking it 7-2 to win the doubles match by a score of 9-8. The duo of Bryson and Stanley iare now 6-0 this season.

Stanley won at second singles 6-4, 6-2, while Bryson continued her phenomenal play in 2007 with a 6-1, 6-1 victory at third singles. Ksenyia Klyachko (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) also won at fifth singles, 6-0, 6-2.

The Tigers put their winning streak on the line Sunday, as they host Nazareth in an Empire 8 match beginning at 1 p.m.