Oct. 6, 2008

Welch Wins Three Rounds of Singles at IPFW Invitational

   Fort Wayne, Ind. -- The Youngstown State women's tennis team played in its final fall invitational this weekend at IPFW. The Penguins competed against teams from Detroit, Evansville, Valparaiso and IPFW. No team scores were kept in the three- day long event.

    In Singles Flight 5, Tanisha Welch won all three of her matches. Welch first beat Pin Sorensen from Evansville 4-6, 6-2 (7). She then downed Sachi Janek from IPFW 6-4, 6-4. Welch finished off the round by defeating Valpo's Stephanie York 6-2, 6-0.

    Irena Lanc competed in Singles Flight 6 winning two of her three matches. Lanc beat Stephanie Mills from Evansville 6-4, 6-2 and Alex Forsyth from IPFW 6-0, 6-1.

    In Flight 9, Kelly Culbertson defeated IPFW's Ashley Hunter 6-1, 6-4 and Jacki O'Reilly from Valpo 6-1, 6-1.

    Hannah Patten and Jessica Mullis both played in Singles Flight 10 winning all their matches. Patten beat Camilla Burden from Valpo 6-2, 6-4 and Rafaela Hadba from IPFW 6-3, 6-0. Mullis defeated IPFW's Rafaels Hadba, 6-2, 6-4 and Valpo's Camill Burdern, 6-2, 6-2.

    At Doubles, Gretchen Cloern and Sarah Lynch won two of their three rounds of doubles in Flight 2. The duo beat York and Bilyev from Valpo 8-6 and Schwartz and Kiefer from Valpo 8-2.

Nicole Haralambopoulos and Lauren Hankle also defeated Schwartz and Kiefer 8-3 and Brien and Forsyth from IPFW 8-4.

    In Flight 3, Irena Lanc and Hannah Patten beat Davis from Detroit and Sharma from Evansville 8-3. Culbertson and Mullis downed  Hunter and Hadba from IPFW 8-4.

    Select members of the women's tennis team will next play in the Rolex Regional in Ann Arbor, Michigan on October 22-25.