Blue Jays Kick Off Spring Schedule with 5-4 Loss to Baldwin-Wallace
3/10/2010 12:07:57 AM
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HILTON HEAD, S.C. --- The Elizabethtown College women's tennis team dropped a tough 5-4 decision to Baldwin-Wallace College in the opening match of their 2010 spring schedule Tuesday evening.
Coming off a 6-0 fall season, the Blue Jays led 2-1 after doubles but fell in four of the six singles matches to the Yellow Jackets (3-5 overall).
Singles victories went to
Jess Russell at flight two with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Jenny Greene, along with Middle Atlantic Conference flight five champion
Alena Marani who downed Andrea Essig 6-1, 6-2.
In doubles, the team of
Allison Burkhardt and
Madison Pipkin improved to 11-1 on the season with a 9-7 victory over Greene and Emily Pelosi at flight two, while Marani teamed with
Kristi Noecker for a 9-7 win at flight three over Andrea Essig and Katy Marshall.