March 24 2009

Strong Play at Singles Lifts Women's Tennis Past Duquesne, 4-3

     Boardman, Ohio-- The women's tennis team picked up its fifth win of the season by defeating Duquesne 4-3 on  Wednesday afternoon at the Boardman Tennis Center. Despite dropping the doubles point to the Dukes the Penguins came back at singles to win four matches and pick up the victory.

    Tanisha Welch won her third match straight match at No. 4 singles by defeating Samantha Noble, 6-4, 6-4. Gretchen Cloern picked up the Guins second point with her 6-2, 7-5 in the fifth spot. Sarah Lynch also won her match by a score of 7-5, 6-1 at No. 1 and Lauren Hankle secured the win by defeating Rachel McGowan 7-6 (1), 6-4 giving YSU the 4-3 advantage.

    The women's tennis will host Horizon League opponent Cleveland State on Friday night at 6 p.m. at the Boardman Tennis Center.