Oct. 14, 2008
Romeoville, Ill. – The fall season ended with a bang for the Lewis University women’s tennis team as the Flyers picked up the 9-0 non-conference whitewash victory over St. Francis (Ill.) at the Lewis University Tennis Courts on Tuesday afternoon.
Lewis’ No. 1 doubles tandem of Agata Wojciechowska (Des Plaines, Ill./Oakton C.C.) and Maggie Novack (Fort Wayne, Ind.) opened the afternoon up with a 8-2 win over St. Francis’ Beth Frey and Emily Zajada. Wojciechowska would later upend Frey at No. 2 singles with a 6-3, 6-0 win, while Novack picked up the 6-0, 7-5 victory over Zajada at No. 4 singles.
Lewis freshmen Bayley Brown (Evansville, Ind./Evansville Central) and Katie Hargrove (O’Fallon, Ill./O’Fallon) claimed an 8-3 win over Danielle Emola and Carla Braun at No. 2 doubles. Brown also defeated Emola at No. 3 singles, 6-4, 6-0, while Hargrove rolled past Corinne Lutz, 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1 singles.
At No. 3 doubles, Lewis’ Clare Kessler (Onalaska, Wis./Aquinas) and senior Jordan Lynde (Rockford, Ill./Boylan) dropped Lutz and Agnes Belza, 8-1. Kessler also defeated Belza at No. 5 singles, 6-2, 6-0, while Lynde dropped Braun, 6-0, 6-3 at No. 6 singles.
Lewis will take four months off before returning to action against DePaul on February 7th.
Women’s Tennis
Lewis University 9, St. Francis (Ill.) 0
October 14, 2008
Romeoville, Ill. * Lewis University Tennis Courts
Singles
No. 1 - Katie Hargrove (Lewis) def. Corinne Lutz (STF), 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 – Agata Wojciechowska (Lewis) def. Beth Frey (STF), 6-3, 6-0
No. 3 – Bayley Brown (Lewis) def. Danielle Emola (STF), 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 – Maggie Novack (Lewis) def. Emily Zajada (STF), 6-0, 7-5
No. 5 – Clare Kessler (Lewis) def. Agnes Belza (STF), 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 – Jordan Lynde (Lewis) def. Carla Braun (STF), 6-0, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 – Wojciechowska/Novack (Lewis) def. Frey/Zajada (STF), 8-2
No. 2 – Brown/Hargrove (Lewis) def. Emola/Braun (STF), 8-3
No. 3 – Kessler/Lynde (Lewis) def. Lutz/Belza (STF), 8-1
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