Feb. 8, 2009

Xavier Slips Past Women's Tennis, 4-3

   Cincinnati, Ohio -- The Youngstown State women's tennis team came out strong against Xavier winning the doubles point, but the Penguins could not hold the lead as the Musketeers picked up four wins at singles. YSU's Lauren Hankle and Anna Volkova each their singles matches, but it was not enough in the 4-3 loss.

    Tanisha Welch and Hankle teamed up to earn their second doubles victory of the weekend by beating Catherine Starr and Kaitlyn Zinn by a score of 8-5. Sarah Lynch and Gretchen Cloern also won their second doubles match of the weekend. The pair teamed up to beat Aylin Seyalioglu and Christine Pleiman, 8-6.

   After winning two of the three rounds of the doubles the Penguins went into singles play with the lead. The Guins picked up wins at No. 2 and 3 singles with Hankle and Volkova each winning their matches in the third set tiebreakers.  Hankle won her match 0-6, 6-3, 6-3. Volkova picked-up her win by a score of 7-6 (7-4), 0-6, 6-3. Xavier claimed the other four matches to get past YSU by a close score of 4-3.

    The women's tennis team will return home to host California (Pa.) at the Boardman Tennis Center on Feb. 11. Match time is set for Noon.