Ashley Halvorson
Won No. 3 singles and
No. 2 doubles as L-R (2-2) fell to Slippery Rock, 7-2
(March 8, 2008)

March 6, 2008

No. 20 Slippery Rock Women’s Tennis Downs Lenoir-Rhyne, 7-2, Thursday Evening In Hickory

Freshman Ashley Halvorson goes 2-0 for the day

Hickory, N.C. – The No. 20 Slippery Rock University Women’s Tennis Team (7-1) defeated Lenoir-Rhyne College (2-2), 7-2, Thursday evening at the Laurie Newman Tennis Center at Hickory High School.

The Bears were led by freshman Ashley Halvorson (Southlake, Texas/Carroll HS), who won No. 3 singles (6-1, 1-6, 6-3) and teamed up with Jen Binney (Cocoa Beach, Fla./Cocoa Beach HS) to take No. 2 doubles (8-3) from Slippery Rock.

SRU was led by Kayla Blackburn (Alum Bank, Pa.) and Laura Handy (Pittsburg, Pa.) as they won No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, and No. 1 doubles as a team.

Lenoir-Rhyne will return to the hardcourt on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m., when it takes on East Stroudsburg in a twin-bill with the men’s team.

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