April 25, 2008
Green Bay Gets Past Women's Tennis 4-3 in First Round of HL Tournament
     Indianapolis, Ind.-- The No. 5 seed Youngstown State women's faced the No. 8 seed Green Bay on Friday afternoon in the first round of the Horizon League Tennis Championship. The Penguins spilt the singles matches, but dropped the doubles point in the 4-3 loss to the Phoenix.
    Hannah Patten and Irean Lanc picked up the 8-2 win at No. 3 singles, while Green Bay earned the wins at No. 1 and 2 doubles to take the early lead.
    In singles action, Tanisha Welch, Michelle Fuleky and Kelly Culbertson each won their matches in straight sets. Welch beat Kelly Stadum 6-2, 6-2 in the No. 2 spot. Fuleky defeated Callee Conda 6-3, 6-2 at No. 4 and Kelly Culbertson easily downed Kari Petrashek 6-1, 6-0 in the sixth spot.
    Lanc battled with Laura Bartingale in the No. 3 spot to three sets but fell 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Emily Thayer also lost a tough match dropping the second set tie-breaker 7-6 (7-4).
    The women's tennis team will play the second round of the tournament tomorrow morning against No. Valparaiso. Match time is set for 10 a.m.