April 26, 2017

Women's Tennis Edges Out Susquehanna 5-4

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – The Juniata women’s tennis team defeated Susquehanna 5-4 in conference competition.

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Juniata Eagles	Susquehanna
Score	5	4

Doubles

Rachel Yurchisin / Vienna Cordier def. Alyssa Fleischman / Abigail Ransom 8-4
Lauren Lucas / Savannah Bailey def. Megan Rudloff / Linsey Sipple 8-4
Eliza Griffin / Cassey Fox def. Kelley Appow / Souyma Polavarapu 8-4

Singles

Lauren Lucas def. Alyssa Fleischman 6-0 , 6-0
Linsey Sipple def. Rachel Yurchisin 6-0 , 4-6 , 6-2
Vienna Cordier def. Megan Rudloff 6-2 , 6-1
Eliza Griffin def. Savannah Bailey 6-1 , 6-3
Kelley Appow def. Abigail Ransom 6-4 , 6-1
Cassey Fox def. Souyma Polavarapu 7-6 (7-0) , 7-5

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – The Juniata women's tennis team defeated Susquehanna 5-4 in conference competition.

Rachel Yurchisin (Cleveland, OH/Padua Franciscan) and Vienna Cordier (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) defeated their opponents in first doubles by a score of 8-4. At second doubles, Lauren Lucas (Holidaysburg, Pa./Altoona Area HS) and Savannah Bailey (Rockville, Md.Richard Montgomery) won 8-4. Kelley Appow (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Township) and Souyma Polavarapu (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater Raritan) dropped their match in third doubles 4-8.

In first singles, Lucas swept past her opponent 6-0, 6-0. Yurchisin fell 0-6, 6-4, 2-6 in the second spot, and Cordier beat out her competitor by a score of 6-2, 6-1. Bailey and Polavarapu lost in fourth and sixth singles, by Appow came out on top in her match in the fifth spot 6-4, 6-1.

The Eagles play at home on Friday, April 28, at 2:30pm against Goucher.