Women’s Tennis defeats Marywood (Pa.), falls to Bethel (Ind.)
By Wes Mayberry
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team split its pair of matches on Wednesday, defeating Marywood (Pa.) 9-0 before falling 5-4 to Bethel (Ind.) at Sanlando Park.
The Polar Bears (10-4) opened play Wednesday with their sweep of Marywood (2-6) before going down to the wire with Bethel (6-11).
Juniors Regan Landis (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) and Jeorgia Templin (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) both went 3-0 on the day.
Landis won at No. 4 singles and No. 3 doubles against Marywood and at No. 3 singles against Bethel.
Templin won at No. 6 singles and No. 1 doubles against Marywood and at No. 2 doubles against Bethel.
Senior Katie Curry (Oxford/Talawanda), junior Flo Sanchez (West Chester/Lakota West) and freshman Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) all posted 2-0 records on the day.
After sweeping all nine courts against Marywood, Northern opened the match against Bethel by taking two of the three doubles courts.
Tied at 4-4, the match came down to the No. 1 singles court featuring Northern freshman Victoria Santana (Humacao, Puerto Rico/Colegio San Antonio Abad) against Bethel's Alexia Pena.
Pena ended up winning a third-set tiebreak 7-4 to win the match for Bethel.
The Polar Bears return to action on Thursday for matches against Manhattanville (N.Y.) and Emerson (Mass.) in Orlando, Fla.
Match 1: Ohio Northern 9, Marywood (Pa.) 0
Singles
1. Olivia Kesner (ONU) def. Allison Bashore (MU) 6-0, 6-0
2. Victoria Santana (ONU) def. Gabriella Nowak (MU) 4-6, 6-4, 10-7
3. Miranda Wills (ONU) def. Faith Kendricks (MU) 6-0, 6-1
4. Regan Landis (ONU) def. Lyndsey Medric (MU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Katie O'Connell (ONU) def. Karah Laboranti (MU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Jeorgia Templin (ONU) def. Kayla Flyte (MU) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1. Olivia Kesner/Jeorgia Templin (ONU) def. Allison Bashore/Gabriella Nowak (MU) 8-1
2. Victoria Santana/Flo Sanchez (ONU) def. Lyndsey Medric/Faith Kendricks (MU) 8-4
3. Regan Landis/Katie Curry (ONU) def. Karah Laboranti/Elsa Kovatch (MU) 8-0
Match 2: Bethel (Ind.) 5, Ohio Northern 4
Singles
1. Alexia Pena (BU) def. Victoria Santana (ONU) 6-7, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
2. Fatima Gutierrez (BU) def. Olivia Kesner (ONU) 6-4, 7-5
3. Regan Landis (ONU) def. Kyla Heckaman (BU) 6-2, 6-4
4. Layla Jojo (BU) def. Miranda Wills (ONU) 6-4, 6-4
5. Moana Martins (BU) def. Julianne Sheldon (ONU) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
6. Katie Curry (ONU) def. Saige Rinkenberger (BU) 7-5, 6-1
Doubles
1. Alexia Pena/Kyla Heckaman (BU) def. Olivia Kesner/Miranda Wills (ONU) 8-7 (1)
2. Jeorgia Templin/Julianne Sheldon (ONU) def. Moana Martins/Fatima Gutierrez (BU) 8-6
3. Flo Sanchez/Katie O'Connell (ONU) def. Saige Rinkenberger/Layla Jojo (BU) 8-6