April 1, 2010

Complete Results

St. Louis, Mo. - After a tough loss against Saint Joseph's last Saturday (March 27), it was important for the Lewis University women's tennis team to get back on track and put that bad memory aside.

The Flyers regrouped and answered with the 9-0 Great Lakes Valley Conference win over Maryville on Thursday (Apr. 1) afternoon.

With the win, Lewis improves to 4-5 on the season, while the host Saints drop to 2-10 overall.

Lewis' regionally-ranked Jana Schulz (Recklinghausen, Germany/Theodor-Heuss Gymnasium) and Bayley Brown (Evansville, Ind./Evansville Central) got the ball rolling with an 8-2 triumph over Chelsea Travis and Erinne Haff at No. 1 doubles. Schulz bested Travis at No. 1 singles, 6-0, 6-0, while Brown claimed the 6-2, 6-2 win over Haff at No. 2 singles.

At No. 2 doubles, Lewis junior Clare Kessler (Onalaska, Wis./Aquinas) and sophomore Katie Hargrove (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon) picked up the 8-3 victory over Cari Ranck and Victoria Roberson. Hargrove added a 6-0, 6-1 win over Roberson at No. 3 singles, while Kessler downed Anna Hindelang, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 6 singles.

Flyer sopohomore Maggie Novack (Fort Wayne, Ind./Carroll) and freshman Jody Wagner (Avon, Ohio/Avon) matched up at No. 3 doubles for the 8-0 win over Anne Kilian and Karen Schwarm. Novack later earned the 6-1, 6-2 win over Ranck at No. 4 singles and Wagner took the 6-1, 6-1 win over Kilian at No. 5 singles.

Lewis returns to action on Friday (Apr. 2), as the Flyers take on Missouri-St. Louis for a 10 AM first serve.

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 9th largest private, not-for-profit university in Illinois is being honored for the sixth consecutive year by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report. For more information please visit www.lewisu.edu.

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