HILTON HEAD, S.C. – Iowa Central Community College won the final singles match in a third-set tiebreaker to sneak by Gettysburg College 5-4 in non-conference women's tennis at the Van Der Meer Tennis Center in Hilton Head, S.C.
With the score tied 4-4, Dayana Ortega managed to hold off sophomore
Samantha Boardman (Greenwich, Conn./Brooks School) in the tiebreaker to clinch a 7-5, 3-6, 10-7 win and pick up the team decision for Iowa Central (7-3).
Gettysburg (0-3) picked up its first victory in doubles play as freshman
Shaye Barnes (Rye, N.Y./Rye) and senior
Erin Sweeney (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) teamed up for an 8-3 win at the third flight.
The Bullets took the lead in the team scoring with singles victories by Sweeney and freshman
Sydney Fischer (Rockville Centre, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial). Sweeney won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5, while Fischer dropped only one game on the way to a straight-set win (6-1, 6-0) at the sixth position.
The Tritons bounced back with competitive wins at third and fourth singles before freshman
Amanda Vinges (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) knotted things up with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Katheryne Campos at the second flight.
Gettysburg continues its spring break trip with a match against Berry College Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Iowa Central Community College 5, Gettysburg 4
Singles competition
1. Dayana Ortega (ICCC) def.
Samantha Boardman (GC) 7-5, 3-6, 10-7
2.
Amanda Vinges (GC) def. Katheryne Campos (ICCC) 7-5, 6-4
3. Paulina Jankun (ICCC) def.
Erica Paul (GC) 6-2, 6-2
4. Lily Timmerman (ICCC) def.
Maddie Class (GC) 6-3, 6-4
5.
Erin Sweeney (GC) def. Aimee Kell (ICCC) 6-1, 6-1
6.
Sydney Fischer (GC) def. Rebecca Dunn (ICCC) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Dayana Ortega/Katheryne Campos (ICCC) def.
Samantha Boardman/
Erica Paul (GC) 8-1
2. Paulina Jankun/Lily Timmerman (ICCC) def.
Amanda Vinges/
Maddie Class (GC) 8-3
3.
Shaye Barnes/
Erin Sweeney (GC) def. Rebecca Dunn/Aimee Kell (ICCC) 8-3
Match Notes:
Iowa Central Community College 7-3
Gettysburg 0-3
Order of finish: Doubles (); Singles (6,5,3,4,2,1)
T-3:30 A-20