NEWBURGH, N.Y. – Boosted by more strong doubles play, the Mount Saint Mary College women's tennis team defeated the College of Staten Island by a score of 7-2 for their ninth consecutive victory on Tuesday evening at the Mount.  The Knights are now 9-1 overall.

Senior Annmarie Llewellyn (Brookhaven, N.Y.) and sophomore Jaimee Lubniewski (Middletown, N.Y.) were impressive at the top doubles spot, winning the first five games and cruising to an 8-2 win.  Juniors Emily Gregory (Albertson, N.Y.) and Jen Gregory (Albertson, N.Y.) won the last five games to claim their second doubles match by a score of 8-2, while sophomore Kristina Swyryt (Vernon, N.J.) and freshman Alissa Niad (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) rolled to an 8-0 win at third doubles.

The Knights took four of the six singles matches, including straight-set wins by Jen Gregory and Emily Gregory at second and third, respectively.  Llewellyn was a 6-0, 6-2 winner at fifth, while Niad took home a 6-2, 6-0 victory at sixth. 

Lubniewski battled through three tiebreakers at the first singles spot, but ultimately fell in a third-set superbreaker, 10-5.  She lost the first set in a tiebreak, 10-8, but held on to win the second in a tiebreak, 7-5.  Sophomore Jillian Torre (Bohemia, N.Y.) met a similar fate at fourth singles despite winning the first set, 6-2.  Torre dropped the second set, 7-2 in a tiebreak, and then lost a super-tiebreaker, 10-2.

The Knights will take on Purchase College in a key Skyline Conference match on Friday.  The match will start at 5:00 p.m. in Purchase, New York.