HILTON HEAD, S.C. — The Marietta College women's tennis team came out on the losing end of a pair of matches Wednesday (March 15) afternoon.
The Pioneers lost to Olivet College, 8-1, in a match that was suspended on Monday due to weather and finished Wednesday. St. Mary's College beat Marietta by the score of 9-0.
Mandee Young (Poca, W.Va./Poca) claimed the lone Pioneer point against Olivet. Young beat Rae Claramunt at No. 4 singles, 6-3 and 6-3.
The Comets (3-4 overall) claimed straight-set wins in each of the top three singles matches. Maddy Drikakis beat
Carey Becker (Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills) at No. 1, 6-1 and 6-3. At No. 2, Isabel Snyder beat
Erin Warvell (New Castle, Pa./Neshannock), 6-1 and 6-0, while Miranda Pier downed
Sarina Singh () at No. 3, 6-1 and 6-2.
Sydnie Weller edged
Spenser Jackson (Columbus, Ohio/Grandview Heights) at No. 5, 7-6 (7-4) and 6-2. Taylor Robbins completed the sweep with a 6-0, 6-3 win at No. 6 over
Erin Rogers (Alliance, Ohio/Marlington).
Drikakis and BreAnne Rudlaff downed Becker and Warvell at No. 1 doubles, 8-1. Claramunt and Rachael Hager posted an 8-2 win over Singh and Young at No. 2, while Pier and Snyder defeated Jackson and Rogers at No. 3, 8-1.
St. Mary's (5-4 overall) led 3-0 after doubles. Melissa Barall and Marissa Romanek were 8-3 winners over Becker and Warvell at No. 1. Chelsea English and Raziela Manangan won at No. 2 against Singh and Young, 8-0. At No. 3, Savannah Bergen and Claire Bodine beat Jackson and Rogers, 8-1.
Barall defeated Becker at No. 1 singles, 6-0 and 7-6 (7-5). At No. 2, Bodine defeated Warvell, 6-1 and 6-0, while Manangan topped Singh at No. 3, 6-0 and 6-2.
Young fell to Bergen at No. 4, 6-2 and 6-0. Sara Eaton needed three sets to get by Jackson at No. 5, 7-6 (7-1), 1-6 and 1-0 (10-5). Madeleine Johnson completed the sweep with a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 6 against Rogers.
Marietta wraps up its spring trip on Friday (March 17) when the Pioneers play Stevenson University at 2:00 p.m. Fans can follow all the Pioneer teams all year long at
pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at
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