April 2, 2010

Complete Results

St. Louis, Mo. - The Lewis University women's tennis team rode the momentum of Thursday's 9-0 sweep over Maryville and earned the 7-2 Great Lakes Valley Conference win over Missouri-St. Louis on Friday (Apr. 2) afternoon.

With the win, Lewis improves to 5-5 on the season, while the host Tritons drop to 5-6 on the campaign.

Lewis dominated in doubles action as they won all three matches to take the early 3-0 advantage over UMSL.

The Flyers' regionally-ranked tandem of Jana Schulz (Recklinghausen, Germany/Theodor-Heuss Gymnasium) and Bayley Brown (Evansville, Ind./Evansville Central) opened with the 8-2 win over Stephanie Thompson and Altanzul Gombo at No. 1 doubles. Schulz also dropped Thompson at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-2, while Brown claimed the 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 come-from-behind win over Leticia Garcia 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 8-5 victory over Katie Rynkiewich and Kristiana Lazarova. Hargrove claimed a 6-3, 6-4 decision over Sai Pujitha Bandi at No. 3 singles, while Kessler also defeated Lazarova, 6-3, 6-0, at No. 6 singles.

Freshman Jody Wagner (Avon, Ohio/Avon) and sophomore Maggie Novack (Fort Wayne, Ind./Carroll) completed the doubles sweep at No. 3, edging Bandi and Garcia, 9-7.

Lewis returns to campus on Saturday (Apr. 3), as they welcome Indianapolis for a 10 AM (CST) first serve at the Jack Oremus Tennis Courts.

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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