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Sara DiFulvio, foreground, reaches out her racquet to receive a ball during a changeover of her doubles match with teammate Stephanie Thompson, background, vs. Penn State Behrend on Sept. 7, 2011.

Freshmen win matches in Devil loss to Behrend

9/7/2011 7:20:00 PM

FREDONIA, N.Y. -- Two freshmen, Sara DiFulvio (Rochester, N.Y. / Churchville-Chili) and Stephanie Thompson (Verona, N.Y. / Vernon-Verona-Sherrill), scored all of Fredonia State's points in the Blue Devils 6-3 home loss Wednesday to Penn State Behrend.

First the duo combined for a No. 3 doubles win, 8-6, over Rachel Harris and Reesie Schepis. DiFulvio then won her No. 4 singles match, 6-3, 6-2, over Jade Duhite. Thompson scored a 3-6, 6-3, 12-5 tiebreaker victory over Schepis in sixth singles.

Behrend improved to 3-0 with the team win, while the Blue Devils fell to 0-2. They are back in action Thursday afternoon, again at home, vs. Roberts Wesleyan. The match begins at 4 p.m.

The results:

Penn State Behrend 6, Fredonia State 3

Doubles -- Arica Christman and Leslie Durante (PSB) def. Katrina Johnston and Jess Johnston, 8-0; Allison Quigley and Jade Buhite (PSB) def. Lesley Cerniglia and Molly Zanetti, 8-5; Sara DiFulvio and Stephanie Thompson (F) def. Rachel Harris and Reesie Schepis, 8-6.

Singles -- Christman (PSB) def. K. Johnston, 6-0, 6-0; Durante (PSB) def. J. Johnston, 6-7 (7-5), 6-3, 12-7 tiebreaker; Quigley (PSB) def. Cerniglia, 6-0, 6-2; DiFulvio (F) def. Huhite, 6-3, 6-2; Harris (PSB) def. Zanetti, 6-3, 6-0; Thompson (F) def. Schepis, 3-6, 6-3, 12-5 tiebreaker.
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