Tennis
Season Nearing Finish
by Channing Joseph
Recent
developments have been both encouraging and disappointing on the
tennis front.
As for the more encouraging note, the womens team, which ended
up in fourth place at the recent Oberlin-hosted North Coast Atlantic
Conference womens tournament, finished off their last home
game against Walsh University on April 30, with a winning score
of 9-0. The win puts them at second place in the NCAC and gives
them an overall score of 16-11 for this season.
After the Yeowomen won their first match against Ohio Wesleyan,
it seemed hopeful that they might have a chance to place highly
in the tournament rankings, but two subsequent losses against Kenyon
College and Wittenberg University reduced them to a fourth place
finish. The Yeowomens showings in their next match against
Walsh may have proved to be the friendly chord on which some team
members appeared to have wanted to end the season.
Seeming pleased with the final results, sophomore Whitney Reichheld
said, I thought that we played very nice girls. And it was
a nice win to end the season because it was 9-0, which is something
hard to do. And plus we won all three doubles, which is a great
accomplishment. Go, [junior] Alaina [Fotiu-Wojtowicz], because she
pulled the match out, and congratulations to the team. It was a
great season, and next year well be even stronger because
no ones graduating.
On the more sour note, however, the mens team has not yet
been able to turn their losses into victories and consequently come
away from their match against Walsh with a 6-1 loss, only slightly
tempered by sophomore Jamie Frankels win in the singles, 6-2,
7-6.
The mens team next looks to take their turn in the NCAC Championships
this Friday, May 3, at Ohio Wesleyan University.
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