NEW LONDON, N.H. – The Wheaton College (Mass.) women's tennis team was defeated by host Colby-Sawyer College, 9-0, this afternoon at Kelsey Tennis Courts in New London, N.H.
The Lyons fall to 1-2 on the season, while the Chargers improve to 5-2.
First year Alissa Ortiz (El Paso, Texas) and junior Mareike Mueller (Amesbury, Mass.) both lost their singles matches in three sets to give the best showing for Wheaton on the day.
Ortiz was defeated at first singles by Colby-Sawyer sophomore Grace Carpenter (Milford, N.H.). Carpenter took the first set, 6-3, but Ortiz matched her with a 6-3 win of her own in the middle frame. Carpenter put the match away with a 6-0 win in the final set. Mueller and sophomore Elise Hogan (Duxbury, Mass.) mirrored the number one singles outcome at number three, but with Mueller winning the opening frame, 6-3, before Hogan turned in a matching 6-3 win in the second set. Hogan pulled out the third set in the tie-breaker by a count of 10-4.
Ortiz and Mueller combined at number one doubles for an 8-4 loss to Carpenter and senior Emily Hill (Wilmington, Mass.). First year Kara Greenlee (San Antonio, Texas) paired with Lyon sophomore Izzy Kruse (Woodstock Ga.) at second doubles in an 8-2 loss to the Chargers duo of Hogan and junior Alyssa Owens (Grain Valley, Mo.). The sophomore tandem of Lily Tria (Westerly, R.I.) and Isabella Gutierrez Avendaño (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) downed Wheaton's first year entry at third doubles, Haylee Doiron (Lowell, Mass.) and Tessa Hammond (Edgartown, Mass.), 8-1.
Greenlee fell at number two singles for the Lyons to Owens, 6-0, 6-4, while Kruse was defeated at fourth singles by Colby-Sawyer's Hill, 6-2, 6-0. Wheaton junior Zoe West (New York, N.Y.) battled at number five singles, but came up short against sophomore Amelia Campanella (Chepachet, R.I.), 6-4, 6-4. Lyon first year Elsa Little-Gill (Hanover, Mass.) was defeated in her collegiate debut, 6-2, 6-3, at sixth singles to Tria.
Wheaton returns to action on Friday, October 7 when it travels to Northampton, Mass. to compete in the New England Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament at Smith College, while the Chargers host Eastern Nazarene College on October 3 at 3:30 p.m.
