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Women’s Tennis Blanks Capital in OAC Road Finale

Kayla Eeg
Kayla Eeg

BEXLEY, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University women's tennis team won its road finale Ohio Athletic Conference match by a final score of 9-0 versus Capital University on the Capital Tennis Courts.

BW (12-9, 4-3 OAC) took all three doubles matches from Capital (0-9, 0-6 OAC). The tandem of senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC player Kelsey Blatt (Tallmadge) and freshman Imani Robinson (Cincinnati /School for Creative & Performing Arts) earned the victory at first doubles by a score of 8-2 and now are a team-best 15-8 on the year.  Freshman Kathleen Moser (Strongsville) and junior Claire Watts (Medina/Highland) won second doubles by a score of 8-0 and improved to 1-0 this season. Sophomore Kelly Peskura (Strongsville)and sophomore Kayla Eeg (Waterford, Pa./General McLane) took third doubles by default.

The Yellow Jackets won all six of their singles matches to secure the win.  Blatt earned the win at first singles by scores of 6-2 and 6-1 and is now 12-12 on the year.   Robinson picked up the victory at second singles by scores of 6-0 and 6-0 as she improved to 15-9 in her first campaign. Watts took third singles by scores of 6-0 and 6-0 as she improved to 11-12 on the season.   Peskura improved her record to 11-8 as she captured fourth singles by scores of 6-0 and 6-0. Moser earned the win at fifth singles by scores of 6-0 and 6-0 and upped her record to 6-2 in her first season. Eeg won at sixth singles by scores of 6-0 and 6-1 to increase her season mark to 1-3.

BW closes the regular season portion of its schedule on Saturday, April 30 when it hosts a Seniors' and Parents' Day and OAC match against Muskingum University at 1 p.m.

The 2016 OAC Tournament is scheduled to begin with quarterfinal matches on Wednesday, May 4 on the campus of the highest seeds at 3:30 p.m.   The OAC Tournament semifinal and championship matches will be played on Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7 at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Mason.