April 3, 2010

Complete Results

Romeoville, Ill. - After dropping two of three doubles matches against Indianapolis, the Lewis University women's tennis team fought back to take a 4-2 lead, but the Greyhounds won the No. 4 through No. 6 singles contests to earn the 5-4 Great Lakes Valley Conference victory over the Flyers at the Jack Oremus Tennis Courts on Saturday (Apr. 3) afternoon.

With the victory, Indianapolis improves to 9-3 on the season and 1-2 in GLVC action while the host Flyers, fall to 5-6 on the campaign and 0-2 in conference play.

Lewis sophomore Katie Hargrove (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon) led the charge for the Flyers with a pair of victories on the afternoon. Hargrove teamed with Clare Kessler (Onalaska, Wis./Aquinas) at No. 2 doubles for the 8-2 win over Rachel Barger and Alex Covington. Hargrove later claimed the 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 come-from-behind win over Alena Perez-Majul.

Lewis' regionally-ranked Jana Schulz (Recklinghausen, Germany/Theodor-Heuss Gymnasium) claimed the 6-1, 6-2 win over Lee Matthews at No. 1 singles, while teammate Bayley Brown (Evansville, Ind./Evansville Central) claimed the 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 triumph over Meghan Teunis at No. 2 singles.

Lewis returns to action on Friday (Apr. 9), as the Flyers head to Evansville, Indiana to square off with Southern Indiana for a 2 PM (CST) 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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