ELKINS, W.V. (March 26, 2016) – The Edinboro University women's tennis team grabbed its tenth victory of the year on Saturday with a 6-3 decision at Davis & Elkins. The Fighting Scots used four singles victories and a pair of doubles wins to improve to 10-4. The Senators dropped to 6-8.
Edinboro head coach
Lee Underwood, an alumnus of Davis & Elkins, watched as his squad captured their first-ever victory against his alma mater since the Scots' program revival in 2010-11.
Roxana Yeh (13-3) earned her team-high 13
th singles win of the season with a 6-0 and 6-2 win over Kelsie Roby.
Julia Hellstern grabbed a hard-fought victory over Elise Simon, 7-6 (6) and 6-4.
Laura Lopez beat Haileigh Carper, 6-0 and 6-1, while
Jelena Vucenovic took a 6-1 and 6-2 win over Amanda Fewster.
The duo of Hellstern and
Lydia Browne (10-4) got their team-high tenth doubles win of the year with an 8-4 victory over Elise Simon and Marlene Ridgway. Lopez and Yeh rounded out the Edinboro victories with an 8-3 decision versus Halima Michael and Kelsie Roby.
The Fighting Scots return to PSAC action on Tuesday at California (Pa.) at 2:00 p.m.
Singles competition1.
Julia Hellstern (EDIN_W) def. Elise Simon (DE) 7-6 (6), 6-4
2. Halima Michael (DE) def.
Marija Tmusic (EDIN_W) 6-1, 6-0
3.
Laura Lopez (EDIN_W) def. Haileigh Carper (DE) 6-0, 6-1
4.
Roxana Yeh (EDIN_W) def. Kelsie Roby (DE) 6-0, 6-2
5.
Jelena Vucenovic (EDIN_W) def. Amanda Fewster (DE) 6-1, 6-2
6. Marlene Ridgway (DE) def.
Sydney Rice (EDIN_W) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition1. Amanda Fewster/Haileigh Carper (DE) def.
Jelena Vucenovic/
Marija Tmusic (EDIN_W) 8-5
2.
Laura Lopez/
Roxana Yeh (EDIN_W) def. Halima Michael/Kelsie Roby (DE) 8-3
3.
Julia Hellstern/
Lydia Browne (EDIN_W) def. Elise Simon/Marlene Ridgway 8-4
Singles: 4,3,2,5,1,6; Doubles: 2,1,3