FSU Women's Tennis Rolls Past LSSU
Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's tennis
team got back on track with a decisive 8-1 Great Lakes
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) victory over Lake
Superior State on Saturday (Sept. 25) in Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich.
The Bulldogs rolled to the league triumph while improving to 5-1
overall and in conference action. The match took place at the
Arbuckle Student Activity Center.
Ferris took a 2-1 lead following doubles play by capturing wins at
both the first and second flights. LSSU managed its lone
victory of the day at third doubles where Tess Marton and Kaitlynn
Hutchinson topped FSU's Tabitha
Simpson (Copley, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary's) and
Natalie
Diorio (Byron Center) by a 9-8 (7-3) score.
FSU then captured all six singles flights, including three-set
victories at both the fourth and fifth positions by Melissa
Flowers (Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg) and Simpson,
respectively.
Ferris wraps up its trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula by visiting
Michigan Tech on Sunday (Sept. 26) for a 10 a.m. (EDT) encounter in
Houghton.
Singles competition |
1. Alina Stanila (FS) def. Adrienne DiVito (LS) 6-0, 6-2 |
2. Amy Ingle (FS) def. Tess Marton (LS) 6-0, 6-1 |
3. Tiffany Rheynard (FS) def. Katie Watchorn (LS) 6-4, 6-1 |
4. Melissa Flowers (FS) def. Erin Wiethoff (LS) 6-3, 4-6, 10-5 |
5. Tabitha Simpson (FS) def. Kaitlynn Hutchinson (LS) 6-4, 4-6, 10-3 |
6. Natalie Diorio (FS) def. A. Molina-Rodrigu (LS) 6-1, 6-0 |
Doubles competition |
1. Amy Ingle/Tiffany Rheynard (FS) def. Adrienne DiVito/Katie Watchorn (LS) 8-5 |
2. Alina Stanila/Melissa Flowers (FS) def. Helen Sheridan/Erin Wiethoff (LS) 8-4 |
3. Tess Marton/Kaitlynn Hutchinson (LS) def. Tabitha Simpson/Natalie Diorio (FS) 9-8 (7-3) |