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Lady Jays earn two wins, defeated twice in spring play
Thursday March 25 2010
On Sunday, March 21, the women's tennis team took on Wilkes University in a tough match. The Lady Jays, who are 8-2 in the season, lost with a 5-4 final score.Both singles match wins for the Jays came from tiebreakers, and those who scored were first-year Madison Pipkin, who defeated Alexis Donner (6-4, 5-7,10-5), and first-year Kristi Noecker, who defeated Rebekah Shanaman (6-2, 1-6, 10-3).
In the doubles matches seniors Emily Swarr and Jess Russell defeated Katrina Lynn and Melanie Nolt (8-5), while Pipkin and first-year Allison Burkhardt defeated Donner and Victoria Bybell (8-4). Noecker has improved her season record to 15-2, while doubles teammates Pipkin and Burkhardt improved to 15-1.
March 20, the women defeated Juniata College 8-1. The Lady Jays won all six singles matches and two out of the three doubles matches.
In singles play, Swarr won (6-3, 6-3) against Katie Healy, while Russell defeated Maggie Wolenter (6-1, 6-1). Burkhardt and Pipkin both took wins in their matches. Burkhardt won (6-4, 6-3) against Stacie Beegle, and Pipkin won (6-0, 6-2) against Lauren Perow. First-year Alena Marani won her 10th straight match (6-1, 6-0) against Hilary Walsh, and Noecker defeated Rachel Adams (6-0, 6-0).
In doubles matches, Burkhardt and Pipkin won over Beegle and Perow (8-3), while Marani and Noecker defeated Walsh and Adams (8-4).
March 12, the women faced Northwestern (Minn.) College while competing at their annual trip to Hilton Head, S.C. The Lady Jays took the 7-2 win over the Eagles after sweeping all three doubles matches, as well as winning the last four singles matches. In the singles matches, Burkhardt beat Dana Smith (8-3), Pipkin defeated Amy Knight (8-1), Marani won against Amy Norgren (8-3), and Noecker took the final singles win against Chelsey Fiecke (8-0).
The Lady Jays won all three doubles matches. Swarr and Russell won against Rebecca Leland and Johanna Alex (8-2), Burkhardt and Pipkin defeated Smith and Knight (8-1), and Marani and sophomore Sarah Poulle had the final win against Victoria Viggers and Lael Sanny (8-3).
March 9, the women took on the Yellow Jackets from Baldwin-Wallace College and suffered a 5-4 loss. The Lady Jays led the match with two wins in doubles play but fell after losing four of the six single matches. In singles play, Russell defeated Jenny Greene (6-1, 6-4) and Marani defeated Andrea Essig (6-1, 6-2), but it just wasn't enough to bring home a win. Marani again had a win in her doubles match with Noecker (9-7) against Essig and Katy Marshall, while Burkhardt and Pipkin won their match against Greene and Emily Pelosi (9-7).
The women will take on La Salle University this Saturday in a home match starting at 1 p.m. On Sunday, they will travel to Dallas, Pa. to face Misericordia University at 1 p.m.
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