WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.  – Senior Chris Jessen (Newfield, N.J./Woodstown) won 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 4 singles to give Lebanon Valley an insurmountable 5-3 lead and the Flying Dutchmen edged Lycoming College 5-4 in non-conference women's tennis action Thursday afternoon.

The match marked the season opener for both teams.

Lycoming assumed a 2-1 lead after winning two of three doubles matches before LVC rallied to take four of the six singles contests.

Juniors Angie Petiak (Wapwallopen, Pa./Berwick) and Jenny Larson (Kelso, Wash./Kelso) captured the Valley's lone doubles victory, prevailing 8-1 at the third flight.

In singles action, freshman Leslie Sabas (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) made the most of her first collegiate match, winning 6-1, 7-5 at the No. 1 position. Junior Amanda Lubold (Carlisle, Pa./Cumberland Valley) came away with a 7-6, 6-0 win at No. 3 singles while Jessen and sophomore Angela Esh (Millersville, Pa./Penn Manor) rounded out LVC's singles winners. Esh scored a 6-2, 6-0 victory at No. 6 singles.

Lebanon Valley opens its Commonwealth Conference schedule when it hosts Juniata College at noon on Saturday.

Doubles
1. Jose Castillo/Lauren Paich (L) def. Chris Jessen/Sophia Kwon, 8-1
2. Kate Petcavage/Kathryn Koury (L) def. Leslie Sabas/Brooke Sensenig, 8-4
3. Angie Petiak/Jenny Larson (LV) def. Erin Horsley/Amery Lim, 8-1

Singles
1. Sabas (LV) def. Castillo, 6-1, 7-5
2. Paich (L) def. Sensenig, 6-2, 6-0
3. Amanda Lubold (LV) def. Anna Heffner, 7-6, 6-0
4. Jessen (LV) def. Petcavage, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
5. Koury (L) def. Kwon, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
6. Angela Esh (LV) def. Anne Boerckel, 6-2, 6-0

[Photo - Senior Chris Jessen, whose victory at No. 3 singles clinched LVC's win over Lycoming on Thursday]

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