ANNVILLE, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley Women's Tennis team made quick work of Eastern 5-0 in the MAC Commonwealth quarterfinals on Tuesday afternoon. The Dutchmen improve to 9-1 on the year while the Eagles finish the season 0-8.
The Dutchmen got things started with three convincing wins in doubles play. First to finish was the #3 doubles duo of
Meridyth Sanders and
Zoe Birch who picked up an 8-0 victory. The #1 doubles team of
Jacquelyn McBride and
Meredith Haas picked up LVC's second point of the afternoon with an 8-1 win. Closing out doubles play was
Madison Poladian and
Emily Wilczek at #2 doubles who picked up an 8-1 of their own to give LVC the quick 3-0 overall lead.
LVC only needed two singles wins and picked them up with a pair of 6-0, 6-0 victories. McBride was the first singles match to finish at #1 singles followed shortly by Sanders at #5 singles to finish off the Eagles and help the Dutchmen advance to the conference semifinals.
Doubles Results:
#1
Jacquelyn McBride/
Meredith Haas (LVC) def. GraceHope Stevens/Jenna Lapp (EU) 8-1
#2
Madison Poladian/
Emily Wilczek (LVC) def. Emily Stevens/Kayla Patitucci (EU) 8-1
#3
Meridyth Sanders/
Zoe Birch (LVC) def. Courtney Potter/Lucy Barnish (EU) 8-0
Singles Results:
#1
Jacquelyn McBride (LVC) def. GraceHope Stevens (EU) 6-0, 6-0
#5
Meridyth Sanders (LVC) def. Courtney Potter (EU) 6-0, 6-0
The Flying Dutchmen have advanced to the MAC Commonwealth semifinals with their victory over Eastern. The Dutchmen will play host to Alvernia on Thursday at Shankroff Tennis Center.
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