Posted: Apr 29, 2015
WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The fifth-seeded Baldwin Wallace University women's tennis team ended its season as it was defeated by fourth-seeded Otterbein University in an Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Tournament quarterfinal match, 5-0, on the Otterbein Tennis Courts.
In the OAC Tournament, all matches are ended when the winning team reaches five team points regardless of the current progress of other matches still on court. Each match will start with the three doubles matches and will continue with singles action until the winning five points are obtained.
BW (5-19) ends its season in the quarterfinals for the second time in the last three years. Otterbein (12-6) advances to the OAC semifinals and will face top-seeded Ohio Northern University, who defeated eighth-seed Capital by a score of 5-0 on Tuesday afternoon.
The Cardinals swept all three doubles matches. The number one doubles team of junior All-OAC and Academic All-OAC standout Kelsey Blatt (Tallmadge) and Mackenzie Donalson (Hilliard/ Davidson) and the No.3 tandem of freshman Shannon Finkenthal (Beahwood) and junior Hayley Peterson (Tulsa, Okla.)each lost hard-fought matches by scores of 8-4 and 8-5, respectively.
In singles play, Otterbein won first singles and then fifth singles to secure the fifth and final point.
