Manhattan Opens Play at Bill & Sandra Moore Invitational

In the opening round of the "A" singles flight, Johnson took on Nisha Shah of Towson.  She posted an 8-3 victory to move on to a round of 16 matchup with Seton Hall's Chloe Sher.  However, Johnson fell to Sher by an 8-2 margin.  Caitlin Bricketto (Coral Springs, Fla.) was also in the "A" flight of singles.  In a match that featured a number of long rallies, she fell to Navy' Emani Decquir by a score of 8-2.

Going against Monmouth's Sarah Turner in the "C" flight, Clark opened the tournament with an 8-2 victory.  She'll take on Dye Das of Navy in Saturday's quarterfinals.  Alyssa Rosello (Garden City, N.Y.) took on Navy's Stefanie Ton, but dropped into the consolation bracket with an 8-0 loss.

Brianna Turano (Nutley, N.J.) and Stephanie Tsao (Scarsdale, N.Y.) were in the "B" flight of singles.  Turano jumped out to a 6-3 lead on Loyola's Emily Hughes, but dropped the final five games to fall 8-6.  Tsao lost to Towson's Lorena Ferrer by a score of 8-2.  Megan Maffei (Stony Point, N.Y.) went against Katie Dewberry of George Mason in the opening round of flight "D," but suffered an 8-2 defeat.  In the flight "D" round of 16, Ava Leischen (Newburgh, N.Y.) dropped an 8-0 decision against Navy's Cassandra Fisbeck.

The day began with doubles action.  Bricketto and Tsao played in the opening round of the "A" flight, where they were beaten 8-0 by Erin Snook and Noelle Kaufmann of Navy.  Johnson and Turano had a bye into the round of 16, but suffered an 8-3 loss to Austin Lavallii and Carlee Rizzolo of Nova Southeastern.  In the "B" flight of doubles, Maffei and Leischen fell to Towson's Ferrer and Ariel Burke by a score of 8-0, while Rosello and Clark lost to Nova Southeastern's Bianca Roberts and Kamryn Blackwood by the same margin.