WALTHAM, MA – The 2008-09 Le Moyne College women's tennis season came to a close on Tuesday in the first round of the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament with a 5-1 loss to Bentley. Le Moyne finishes their season with a 6-9 record and a .500 record (6-6) in conference.

The seventh-seeded Dolphins' lone victory on the afternoon came in number-one doubles as juniors Allison Cohen (Fayetteville, NY / Jamesville-DeWitt) and Tirzah Walrath (Cortland, NY / Cortland) teamed up for an 8-0 victory over Marica Gilbride and Heather Haggery.

With the second-seeded Falcons taking two of three doubles matches, Bentley needed only to record three victories in singles play to advance to the next round of the tournament. They will advance to face the winner of the #6 Saint Anselm / #3 Southern New Hampshire match.

Under first-year head coach Rosemary DeHoog, the Dolphins closed the 08-09 campaign winners of four of their last six matches.

Bentley 5, Le Moyne 1
Doubles
No. 1 Allison Cohen/Tirzah Walrath (L) def. Marica Gilbride/Heather Haggerty (B) 8-0
No. 2 Kelly Fleszar/Andrea Hollot (B) def. Marielle Artessa/Caroline Tisdell (L) 9-7
No. 3 Kara Murphy/Ellen Mader (B) def. Brittany Recchia/Molly Slifer (L) 8-1

Singles
No. 1 Walrath (L) vs. Fleszar (B) 6-0, 3-0 (Did not finish)
No. 2 Haggerty (B) vs. Cohen (L) 6-2 (L), 6-2 (B) (Did not finish)
No. 3 Gilbride (B) def. Tisdell (L) 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 Hollot (B) def. Artessa (L) 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 Murphy (B) def. Recchia (L) 6-0, 6-4
No. 6 Mader (B) vs. Slifer (L) (Did not play)