4/30/2011
Box Score
OBERLIN, Ohio – Saturday afternoon marked the first day of the 2011 NCAC Women's Tennis Tournament held at Oberlin College, and the Allegheny women's tennis team got off to a great start with a 5-1 win over Wittenberg University, ensuring themselves a finish in the top-four of the conference by tournament's end.
OBERLIN, Ohio – Saturday afternoon marked the first day of the 2011 NCAC Women's Tennis Tournament held at Oberlin College, and the Allegheny women's tennis team got off to a great start with a 5-1 win over Wittenberg University, ensuring themselves a finish in the top-four of the conference by tournament's end.
The win for the Gators (12-8, 2-4 NCAC) avenged a close late-season loss to the hands of the Tigers (18-6, 3-3 NCAC).
To start the match, the Gators got out to a quick 2-0 lead as they picked up consecutive wins at flights three and one doubles. A closely contested flight two doubles finish would go the way of the Tigers for their first point of the match.
The Gators wasted no time in taking total control of the match, and eventually putting it away, once singles play got under way. Sara Longo made quick work of her opponent at flight three, 6-0, 6-2. Janna Dickerson followed Longo's win with one of her own at flight six, 6-3, 6-2, and put the Gators to within a point to seal the match.
With three other singles matches still being played on court, Deborah Landau clinched the match with her win at flight four, 6-1, 6-4. All three of the Gators singles wins came in straight sets, showing a display of dominance. Further proof of the dominant effort was, at the time of Landau's clincher, the remaining three matches on court had Allegheny players out in front of their respective matches.
The Gators will now have a chance to play their way into the conference finals as they are slated to take on the #1 seed Denison University on Sunday, May 1st. That match is set to begin at 11:00 a.m.
