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Women's Tennis Team Rebuilds
During Shortened Season
10/17/02
Still Vecchiolla is realistic. "At a two-year school, there is a big turnover. We really felt it this season. This is clearly a rebuilding year," he said. With only two returning players, Ya-ting Hsu (#2) and Mai Fujita (#5), the team's schedule was pushed back to give the new players some practice time. The women lost their opener against Gloucester CC 6 – 3 on Oct. 3, their toughest competition in the region. They followed that match with two wins, beating Brookdale 9 – 0 and Ocean 6 – 3. Poor weather resulted in the cancellation of two matches and then the women lost a close repeat match against Gloucester 5 – 4. With no time for make-ups and just four matches under their belts, the women enter the Regional Tournament this weekend, Oct. 18 – 19, at Brookdale.
According to Vecchiolla, Shelly Landry is a stand-out at the no. 1 position, remaining undefeated on the season. The other players, Maureen Haggerty (#3), Jana Sulerova (#4), Desiree Noel (#6), Casey Stout (#7) and Kim Carella (#8), are working hard and learning a lot.
Vecchiolla is cautiously optimistic about the team's chances in the tournament. "Maybe we'll pull it out," he said. "One thing I can predict for sure. We'll have a good time."
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