Roelker Lifts West Chester Women Over St. Thomas Aquinas, 5-4

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Leandra Roelker (Allentown, Pa./Salisbury) picked up a 7-5, 6-1 win at No. 2 singles in the final match of the day to lift host West Chester to a 5-4 victory over St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC) Wednesday afternoon on South Campus.
 
West Chester took second and third doubles to lead 2-1 heading into singles play. The Golden Rams then fell behind, after STAC won the first two singles matches to finish. However, Julia Mowrey (Bethlehem, Pa./Notre Dame) evened things up with a victory at fifth singles, 6-3, 6-3.
 
Following a win by STAC at third singles, Rylee Power (Newtown Square, Pa./Marple Newtown) and Roelker rallied the Golden Rams for a come-from-behind victory. Power was a 6-4, 6-2 winner at first singles.
 
DOUBLES

1. Lovisa Engstrand/Sara O'Brien (STAC) def. Rylee Power/Shannon Nixon, 8-6
2. Julia Mowrey/Gracyn Towler (WCU) def. Cassandra Rohr/Nyenyeri Kanefu, 8-4
3. Leandra Roelker/Elaina Rochford (WCU) def. Katarina Lopez/Carolyn Kopf, 8-2

 
SINGLES

1. Power (WCU) def. Rohr, 6-4, 6-2
2. Roelker (WCU) def. Kanefu, 7-5, 6-1
3. Engstrand (STAC) def. Nixon, 6-0, 6-4
4. Lopez (STAC) def. Rochford, 6-1, 6-1
5. Mowrey (WCU) def. O'Brien, 6-3, 6-3
6. Kopf (STAC) def. Towler, 6-1, 6-0