Rock Duo Reaches Semifinals

Rock duo reaches semifinals in PSAC Individual Tennis Championships

BLOOMSBURG, PA. – Slippery Rock University’s doubles team of seniors Nina Grbac (Pula, Croatias/Boca Prep International School) and Sarah Joumond (Montpelier, France/St. Joseph) advanced to the semifinal round before being eliminated from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Individual Tennis Championships hosted by Bloomsburg University.

Sarah Joumond

In opening-day action Saturday, the third-seeded Rock duo beat Shippensburg’s Julia Saintz and Brittnee Buckley 8-0 in first-round action and downed the Indiana (Pa.) tandem of Erika Schnass and Alanna McFail 8-5 in second-round action.

The top-seeded team of Lucie Rey and Lucie Sipkova from California (Pa.) beat Grbac and Joumond 9-8 (7-3) in semifinal action Sunday morning.

In singles matches played Saturday, Grbac recorded two wins to advance to the quarterfinal round before being eliminated. Grbac beat Cheyney’s Ciera Brown 6-0, 6-0 in first-round action and defeated Mercyhurst’s Courtney Thompson by 6-2, 6-1 score in second-round action.

Grbac’s quest for a conference individual title came to an end with a 7-6 (4), 7-5 loss to Indiana’s Tanya Timko in a quarterfinal match Saturday.

Joumond suffered an opening-round, 6-1, 6-1 setback Saturday against Bloomsburg’s Maddie Graziani.

Grbac and Joumond are slated to play at No. 1 and No. 2 singles and team up to play No. 1 doubles when The Rock open their dual-match schedule Tuesday at West Liberty University in West Virginia. The match is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m.

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Bob McComas
Sports Information Director
Slippery Rock University
1 Morrow Way - Room 201 Old Main
Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057
Office: 724.738.2777
Fax: 724.738.4761
Cell: 724.421.5658
Email: robert.mccomas@sru.edu
www.sru.edu

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SRU Tennis Trio Earn Scholar-Athlete Honors

Rock women's tennis trio earns ITA Scholar-Athlete honors

SKILLMAN, N.J. – Three members of the 2012-13 Slippery Rock University women’s tennis team were named Tuesday as recipients of Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete honors.

The Rock’s ITA Scholar-Athlete honorees were senior Janelle Krantz (Quarryville/Solanco H.S.) and juniors Samantha Bruggeman (Bethel Park/Bethel Park H.S.) and Lauren Coggins (Canton, Ohio/Central Catholic H.S.).

In addition, The Rock squad coached by Matt Meredith earned ITA All-Academic Team honors.

To qualify for ITA Scholar-Athlete honors, a student-athlete must be a varsity letter winner, have a minimum grade point average of 3.50 on a 4.00 scale and have attended their institution for at least two semesters.

The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above for all eligible student-athletes who competed in one or more varsity matches during the academic year.

The Rock, who earned the team honor for the third consecutive season and sixth time in the last eight seasons, were one of only four Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference teams to earn ITA All-Academic Team honors in 2013.

Prior to earning their ITA Scholar-Athlete honors, Krantz, Bruggeman and Coggins also received PSAC Scholar-Athlete and Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement awards.

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Bob McComas
Sports Information Director
Slippery Rock University
1 Morrow Way - Room 201 Old Main
Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057
Office: 724.738.2777
Cell: 724.421.5658
Email: robert.mccomas@sru.edu
www.sru.edu

A ROCK SOLID Education

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