Women's Tennis Opens Spring Action With Win
Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's tennis
team started its spring season off with a bang by beating the Lewis
(Ill.) Flyers by an 8-1 count on Saturday (Feb. 20) morning at the
FSU Racquet and Fitness Center in Big Rapids, Mich.
The Bulldogs swept the doubles round and then captured the bottom
five singles flights en route to the victory.
Lewis' lone win came at the number one singles position where Jana
Schultz topped FSU junior Amy Ingle by a 6-3, 6-2
score.
Ferris, however, won the second thru sixth singles spots all in
straight-sets and the three doubles encounters were all decided by
scores of 8-3 or better.
Seven different Bulldog players contributed in the victory with
each winning at least one match in the contest.
With the win, Ferris State improves to 9-5 overall this campaign
after the Bulldogs had won eight of their 13 dual matches in the
fall.
FSU will hit the court again next Saturday (Feb. 27) as the
Bulldogs host Hope College in a 1 p.m. (EST) non-league tilt at the
FSU Racquet and Fitness Center.
Here are the complete match results:
Singles competition
1. Schultz, Jana (LEWISW) def. Amy Ingle (FS) 6-3, 6-2
2. Tiffany Rheynard (FS) def. Brown, Bayley (LEWISW) 6-2, 6-3
3. Tabitha Simpson (FS) def. Hargrove, Katie (LEWISW) 6-4, 6-4
4. Melissa Flowers (FS) def. Novack, Maggie (LEWISW) 6-1, 6-2
5. Natalie Diorio (FS) def. Kessler, Clare (LEWISW) 6-1, 6-0
6. Daniela Dimas (FS) def. Wagner, Jody (LEWISW) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Tiffany Rheynard/Amy Ingle (FS) def. Schultz, Jana/Brown,
Bayley (LEWISW) 8-2
2. Natalie Diorio/Mary Coleman (FS) def. Novack, Maggie/Wagner,
Jody (LEWISW) 8-3
3. Melissa Flowers/Daniela Dimas (FS) def. Hargrove,
Katie/Kessler, Clare (LEWISW) 8-3
