ERIE, Pa. – The Mercyhurst women's tennis teamed defeated Roberts Wesleyan, 7-0, in non-conference competition on Tuesday at the Westwood Racquet Club.
The Lakers won all nine contested matches – three in doubles and six in singles. The team victory was clinched with
Kayla Frost's triumph at No. 1 singles.
Frost and
Sangeeta Roopan got Mercyhurst started in doubles action with a 6-0 victory over Nthabi Mogopodi and Andrea Gallardo at No. 1 pairs.
Then,
Ivona Plecevic and
Athina Tsagkaraki teamed for a 6-3 victory at No. 2 doubles over Salome Parsallia and Bivisha Shrestha, locking up the lone doubles point in the process.
Naomi Jahr and
Hannah Wenzel added a 7-6 (1) tiebreak win over Laura Freeman and Marousia Bosch at No. 3 pairs.
Roopan recorded Mercyhurst's first singles point, winning at No. 2 over Gallardo, 6-0, 6-1. Then, Plecevic finished off her 6-2, 6-4, win at No. 3 singles over Bosch.
Frost's clinching win at No. 1 singles came against Mogopodi, 7-6 (2), 6-3.
After that, the Lakers locked up three more singles points at Nos. 4-6, in order: Tsagkaraki defeated Shrestha, 6-2, 6-2; Jahr bested Freeman, 6-2, 6-0; and Wenzel outlasted Darsallia, 6-2, 7-6.
Mercyhurst will be in action next when it visits Charleston (W. Va.) on Friday, Mar. 29.
DOUBLES
1 – Frost/Roopan (M) def. Mogopodi/Gallardo, 6-0
2 – Plecevic/Tsagkaraki (M) def. Darsallia/Shrestha, 6-3
3 – Jahr/Wenzel (M) def. Freeman/Bosch, 7-6 (1)
SINGLES
1 – Frost (M) def. Mogopodi, 7-6 (2), 6-3
2 – Roopan (M) def. Gallardo, 6-0, 6-1
3 – Plecevic (M) def. Bosch, 6-2, 6-4
4 – Tsagkaraki (M) def. Shrestha, 6-2, 6-2
5 – Jahr (M) def. Freeman, 6-2, 6-0
6 – Wenzel (M) def. Darsallia, 6-2, 7-6
ORDER OF FINISH
Singles (1,2,3); Doubles (2,3,1,4,5,6)