Julia Fiala, Franklin & Marshall
#6 Johns Hopkins 9, McDaniel
0
The sixth-ranked Johns Hopkins women's tennis team lost just eight
games en route to a 9-0 win over host McDaniel Wednesday afternoon
in Centennial Conference action. The Blue Jays win their ninth
straight and improve to 13-2 overall and 7-0 in the conference. The
Green Terror fall to 2-13 on the season and 0-7 in the conference
with the loss. Hopkins quickly jumped out to a 3-0 lead by sweeping
all three doubles matches. Sophomore Kaitlin
Pfisterer and senior Andrea
Berlinghof won 8-1 over Kiersten Patron and Chelsea Barnett at
first. Senior Ariel
Several and junior Lauren
Fields were 8-0 winners at second over Sophie White and
Danielle Cloney. And at third, freshmen Kara
McDonough and Staley
Smith defeated Lauren Lewis and Angela Johnson, 8-0.
Franklin & Marshall 6, Gettysburg
3
Franklin & Marshall captured all three doubles points en route
to a 6-3 triumph over Gettysburg in Centennial Conference (CC)
women's tennis action on Wednesday. The Diplomats move to 6-7
overall and 3-4 in CC play with the win, while the Bullets drop to
8-5, 3-4 CC. F&M swept doubles play to jump out to a 3-0 edge
early on. The Diplomats dropped just seven games throughout the
three spots, with the No. 2 tandem of Dana
Sleeper and Meredith
Lackey earning a 8-1 win and the No. 3 duo of Emily
Gruenberg and Julia
Fiala claiming an 8-2 win. The No. 1 team of Anya
Sahaydachny and Megan
FitzMaurice tallied an 8-4 victory to make it 3-0 F&M. At
No. 1 singles, Sahaydachny lost a tight three-setter, 5-7, 6-2,
10-7 to Caroline Haymans.
Muhlenberg 6, Ursinus 3
The Mules (5-8 overall) have won three straight to move into fifth
place in the CC with a 5-3 mark and two matches remaining against
nationally ranked Johns Hopkins (6-0 CC) and regionally ranked
Dickinson (6-1 CC). A win in either match would put Muhlenberg in
no worse than a tie for the fifth and final playoff spot. For the
second time this season, the Mules came back to win on the road
after dropping two of three doubles matches. Juniors Nina
Sanders and Emily Szulman continued their
recent strong play at No. 1 doubles, winning 8-1 for their fifth
straight victory, but the Bears took the other two doubles matches.
The Muhlenberg women’s tennis team made
another push toward a Centennial Conference playoff berth with a
6-3 win at Ursinus.
Haverford 6, Washington College
3
The Haverford College women's tennis team reached double figures
in wins for the third consecutive campaign with a 6-3 victory over
visiting Washington College on Wednesday evening in Centennial
Conference action at Bettye Marshall Tennis Courts. The Fords
(10-4, 6-2 CC) moved out to a 2-1 lead after the doubles portion of
the match. Rachal
Torg and Kate
Donches, playing at third doubles, provided Haverford's
first point of the day with an 8-3 victory over Kat Cohen and Amy
Stevens. Caitlin
Gallagher and Alex
Ferrara, the ninth-ranked doubles team in the Atlantic
South, captured their 10th doubles win of 2013 by rolling
past Marielle McIntyre and Campbell McNicol, 8-2. Washington got
the win at No. 2 as freshmen Gyeyeon
Kang and April
Weaver were 8-4 winners over Robyn
Himelstein and Celia Tong.