Women’s tennis team defeats Calumet and Judson
The women’s tennis team won a pair of matches today at the Lakeland Athletic Club in Niles. The Comets blanked Calumet College-St. Joseph (Ind.), 9-0, and then defeated Judson (Ill.) University, 8-1.
NILES, Mich. – The Olivet College women's tennis team won a pair of matches today at the Lakeland Athletic Club in Niles. The Comets blanked Calumet College-St. Joseph (Ind.), 9-0, and then defeated Judson (Ill.) University, 8-1.
Against Calumet, the Comets lost only 14 total games. In doubles, the No. 1 duo of Caitlin LaValley (Battle Creek/ Pennfield) and Kelsey Singer (Brooklyn/Columbia Central) won 8-2 and the No. 2 duo of Jenna Baker (Battle Creek/ Harper Creek) and Giana Guerra (Lansing/Waverly) won 8-1.
In singles, LaValley and Rachael Horn (Niles) won in straight sets and straight games, 6-0, 6-0, at the No. 1 and No. 4 flight, respectively. Guerra and Singer posted identical 6-1, 6-0 wins at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. At No. 5, freshman Hope Burnham (Kalamazoo/K-Christian) needed a tiebreaker to win the first set, 7-6 and then won the match with a 6-3 victory in the second set. Calumet did not have enough players, so they forfeited No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles.
Olivet swept the three doubles matches against Judson. The No. 1 duo of LaValley and Singer, and the No. 2 duo of Baker and Guerra each had 8-2 wins. Jordy Bergeron (Muskegon/Mona Shores) and Paige Sedgewick (Lennon/Powers Catholic) won 8-3 at No. 3 doubles.
The Comets earned wins in 5-of-6 singles flights. Winning were LaValley at No. 1 (6-0, 6-1), Guerra at No. 2 (6-3, 6-1), Singer at No. 3 (6-3, 6-0), Horn at No. 4 (6-1, 6-2) and Baker at No. 6 (6-1, 6-1).
Olivet (5-3) will be off until this Saturday, March 26, when it hosts Spring Arbor University. The match inside the MSU Tennis Facility in East Lansing gets underway at 3 p.m.