BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin Wallace University women's tennis team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Mount Union College, 6-3, today (Saturday, March 28, 2009) in Alliance. The win was the fourth in the last five maches for Jack Bethlenfalvy's Yellow Jackets.
With its win, BW is 4-9 overall and 2-0 in the OAC while Mt. Union fell to 8-4 overall and 0-1 in the OAC and ended a seven-match winning streak. During BW's recent "hot" streak, its only loss is to NCAA Division II Ashland University.
En route to the win, BW captured two-of-three doubles matches to take a 2-1 lead at the break and then captured four-of-six singles frays to earn the team victory.
In singles play, sophomore number one player Caitlyn Pecinovsky (Whitehall/ Columbus Bishop Hartley), sophomore No. 4 player Emily Pelosi (Uniontown/ Green), senior Academic All-OAC No.5 player Alyssa Trampert (Orchard Park, N.Y./ Orchard Park) and sophomore No. 6 player Katy Marshall (Medina/ Senior) each won.
In doubles play, the No.1 duo of Pecinovsky and Marshall and the No.3 tandem of junior No.3 singles player Andrea Essig (Ashtabula/ Edgewood) and Pelosi both won.
The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Monday, April 30 when they travel to University Circle to play cross-town and non-league rival Case Western Reserve University at 3:30 p.m. The next home match is on Tuesday, March 31 when BW hosts OAC rival Heidelberg College on the "Pop" Collins Courts in Berea at 3:30 p.m.
After 13 dual matches, Trampert has the best singles record at 11-7 while the No.1 doubles duo of Pecinovsky and Marshall have the top slate at 8-5 overall.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at (440) 826-2327 and via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu or Assistant SID Nick Minerd by phone at (440) 826-2780 and via e-mail at nminerd@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach Jack Bethlenfalvy, please call him at (440) 843-5931 or e-mail him at jbethlen@bw.edu. The athletics FAX can be reached at (440) 826-2192. More information on women's tennis may be accessed on the BW athletics page at www.bw.edu/athletics.
Final Aggate Results:
Baldwin Wallace University at Mount Union College
Saturday, March 28, 2009 in Alliance, Ohio.
Final Score: Baldwin Wallace -- 6, Mount Union -- 3
SINGLES MATCHES:
No. 1: Pecinovsky (BW) defeated Huff (MUC), 6-4, 6-3; No. 2: Hallett (MUC) def. Greene (BW), 6-3, 6-1; No. 3: Beck (MUC) def. Essig (BW), 6-1, 6-4; No. 4: Pelosi (BW) def. Douglass (MUC), 6-2, 1-6, 7-5; No. 5: Trampert (BW) def. Biedenbach (MUC), 6-2, 6-3; No. 6: Marshall (BW) def. Miller (MUC), 6-4, 6-3.
DOUBLES MATCHES:
No. 1: Pecinovsky-Marshall (BW) def. Huff-Hallett (MUC), 8-4; No. 2: Beck-Douglass (MUC) def. Greene-Trampert (BW), 8-5; No. 3: Essig-Pelosi (BW) def. Biedenbach-Smythe (MUC), 8-1.
