West Chester vs Bryn Mawr
Match Details: March 20 I 4 P.M.
Location: South Campus Courts (West Chester, Pa.)
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Last Time Out
West Chester played four times in Florida last week, starting its trip with a March 9 setback at Eckerd by a 6-1 final before posting a 5-1 win over Winona State on Monday the 10th, a 4-3 win over Washington College (Md.) on Wednesday the 12th and concluding its trip with a 6-1 setback vs Division I Niagara on Thursday the 13th. Against Niagara, Tingle won the Golden Rams lone point at first singles as she prevailed in three sets, capturing the opening set 7-6 before dropping the second 6-3 and rallying to win the third 1-0 (10-8). Ellie Perrin played an excellent match at sixth singles, falling to her foe by a 6-3, 6-2 final. In doubles action, the duo of Felicia Manful and Gabriella Lerario Dos Santos nearly captured their second doubles match but fell by a 7-6 (7-4) final on Thursday night.
We Are Honored
Tingle was named PSAC East Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week after going 3-0 in first singles and 2-1 in first doubles play a week ago.
Weather Report
Thursday’s match may be in jeopardy as there is afternoon rain in the forecast (76 % chance) on a day that will see highs climbing into the upper 60s.
Scouting Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr enters Thursday’s match at 4-2 on the year, although the Owls are just 1-2 in the new year, including a 4-3 win over Goucher on March 7 with losses to Virginia Wesleyan (5-2) and Salisbury (7-0) since. Bryn Mawr is 1-0 vs Division II competition, defeating Shippensburg by a 6-1 final on October 2 in its final match of the fall season. At Salisbury last Monday, Claire Emanuel nearly won a point for the Olws, taking her match to a decisive third set with a 6-4 second-set victory to erase a 6-3 opening-set loss, but fell by a 1-0 (10-4) final in the third set.
Emamuel and Sophie Fenster are tied for the team lead in wins and 4-2 and 4-1 on the year, as Emanuel is 1-0 in third singles, 1-1 in fourth singles, and 2-1 in fifth singles, despite losing each of her last two matches, while Fenster is 4-1 at first singles after seeing her fourth-match winning streak halted last Monday. In doubles, the pairing of Kelli Eng and Lorey West is 3-0, including a pair of second doubles wins and a first doubles victory. Fenster has played with a variety of teammates at first doubles this year and shows a record of 4-1 in first doubles and 5-1 overall, including a second doubles win alongside Gionna Zhang earlier in the campaign.
