April 9, 2009

Complete Results

St. Louis, Mo. - The Lewis University women's tennis team turned in one of their most dominating performances to date as the Flyers lost just five games on their way to the 9-0 non-conference whitewash of Maryville on Thursday afternoon.

With the win, Lewis improves to 9-7 on the campaign, while the host Saints drop to 1-4 on the season.

Lewis senior Agata Wojciechowska (Des Plaines, Ill./Maine East/Oakton C.C.) and freshman Bayley Brown (Evansville, Ind./Evansville Central) got the ball rolling for the Flyers with an 8-0 win at No. 1 doubles. Brown would later be victorious at No. 2 singles with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Maryville's Kristen Vosevich.

Sophomore Clare Kessler (Onalaska, Wis./Aquinas) and freshman Maggie Novack (Fort Wayne, Ind./Carroll) claimed the 8-2 win at No. 2 doubles over the Saints' Tracy Welsh and Beth Nunn. Novack disposed of Nunn at No. 3 singles with a 6-1, 6-0 victory, while Kessler earned the 6-0, 6-0 win over Karen Schwarm at No. 4 singles.

At No. 3 doubles, Lewis seniors Jordan Lynde (Rockford, Ill./Boylan) and Michelle Wright (Aurora, Ill./Rosary) blanked Maryville's Schwarm and Rachel Utsler, 8-0. Lynde also picked up a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Anne Kilian at No. 5 singles, while Wright downed Utsler at No. 6 singles, 6-1, 6-0.

Lewis freshman Katie Hargrove (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon) rounded out the Flyer victories with a 6-0, 6-0 blanking of Welsh at No. 1 singles.

Lewis returns to the court on Friday morning, as they travel to Kansas City to square off with Rockhurst for a 9 a.m. first serve at the Woodside Tennis Club.

A Catholic university sponsored by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, Lewis offers nearly 80 undergraduate majors and programs of study, accelerated degree completion options for working adults, various aviation programs and 22 graduate programs in nine fields. The 10th largest private, not-for-profit university in Illinois is being honored for the fifth consecutive year by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report. For more information please visit www.lewisu.edu.

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