The Playoffs
LVC is seeking its fifth straight appearance in the Commonwealth Conference final, hunting for its first title since 2009. Albright is making its first-ever appearance in the Commonwealth bracket. Top-seeded Elizabethtown hosts Alvernia in the other semifinal; the winners meet at the highest remaining seed for the title on Saturday.
The Match
LVC will sport a changed singles line-up from last week as it held out #3
Lauren Fulmer, moving the bottom four up. The Dutchmen are led by #1
Christie Graf (13-8) and #2
Amelia Capuano, who is 16-3 and enters the postseason on a 12-match win streak. Senior
Tam Lobb is 16-6 at #3 and #4, and freshman
Mary Kate Lemon has had an outstanding 16-3 campaign at #4 and #5.
Meghan Muccilli has had a reliable 14-4 season at No. 6. In doubles, LVC's #1 team of Graf and Capuano are 12-7, and at #2, Lemon and Fulmer are 9-2. The #3 combo of Lobb and Muccilli are 9-1, including 7-0 in dual matches. Albright is led by defending CC Player of the Year Victoria Foanio (21-3) at #1, and freshman #2 Alyssa Sell (12-5). Senior #3 Katy Oeste has also been a key contributer at 10-2 this season. In doubles, the Lions have shuffled their #1 and #2 teams, putting Christina Peacock with Foania at #1 and pairing Sell and Oeste at #1 LVC will see a new #3 team with Melissa Carberry and Ligeia Evans, a duo that have played just twice together this season.
Lobb Goes for Doubles Mark
At 16-4 this season in doubles, senior
Tam Lobb has tied LVC's single-season doubles wins mark co-held by Jan White '08, Sarah Grodzinski '10, and
Shayna Heintzelman '11. One more win will give her the record outright; Lobb has played with six different partners this year, and is 9-1 with today's teammate,
Meghan Muccilli.
LVC-Albright In the Regular Season [
Recap]
LVC won five of six singles matches to drop Albright 7-2 in their regular-season finale.
Amelia Capuano headed the win with a 6-4, 6-4 victory at #2 singles to cap an undefeated conference season.
Tam Lobb,
Mary Kate Lemon,
Meghan Muccilli, and
Lori Noble also won in singles. Victoria Foanio won at #1 for Albright, and she and Alyssa Sell won at #1 doubles.
Probable Line-ups
Singles
1.
Christie Graf (LVC) vs. Victoria Foanio (ALB)
2.
Amelia Capuano (LVC) vs. Alyssa Sell (ALB)
3.
Lauren Fulmer (LVC) vs. Katie Oeste (ALB)
4.
Tam Lobb (LVC) vs. Christina Peacock (ALB)
5.
Mary Kate Lemon (LVC) vs. Melissa Carberry (ALB)
6.
Meghan Muccilli (LVC) vs. Ligeia Evans (ALB)
Doubles
1. Capuano/Graf (LVC) vs. Foanio/Peacock (ALB)
2. Lemon/Fulmer (LVC) vs. Sell/Oeste (ALB)
3. Lobb/Muccilli (LVC) vs. Carberry/Evans (ALB)
