MARIETTA, OHIO -- The Baldwin Wallace University women's tennis team shut out Marietta College, 9-0, today (Friday, April 1) in an Ohio Athletic Conference match. The match was played outdoors at the Marietta College Tennis Courts.
Baldwin Wallace, the defending OAC regular season and tournament champions, dominated the match by winning 96 of 105 total games, including 72 of 78 singles games and 24 of 27 doubles games.
With the win, the Yellow Jackets improve to 9-6 overall and 2-0 in the OAC. Marietta falls to 2-6 overall and 0-2 in the OAC. BW has won five straight matches.
BW gained a 3-0 advantage in doubles as the number one tandem of senior number one singles player Caitlyn Pecinovsky (Whitehall/ Columbus Bishop Hartley) and sophomore No.3 player Rebecca Mittler (Elyria/Elyria Catholic), won 8-1; the second duo of junior No.2 singles player Safaa Hajji (Rabat, MOROCCO/Ryad Al Maarifa) and freshman No.6 player Morgan Baker (Vermilion/ Elyria Catholic), won 8-1; the third duo of junior No.4 singles player Jenny Greene (Worthington/ Thomas Worthington) and senior No. 5 player Emily Pelosi (Uniontown/ Green) won, 8-1.
In singles play, BW won all six matches in straight sets as Pecinovsky won at No. 1 by scores of 6-0, 6-1; junior Hajji won at No. 2 by the scores of 6-0, 6-0; Mittler won at No. 3 in 6-0, 6-2; Greene won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4, Pelosi won at No. 5 by the scores of 6-1, 6-1 and Baker won at No. 6, 6-0 and 6-1.
BW returns to action on Saturday (April 9) when they host John Carroll University at the Pop Collins Tennis Courts at 1:00 p.m.
FOR MORE BW Sports Information, please contact Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327 and e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. or Assistant SID Jeff Miller by phone at 440-826-2780 and email at jefmille@bw.edu Fans can access the latest BW athletics information at www.bw.edu/athletics and we invite you to join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bwyellowjackets and Twitter athttp://twitter.com/bwathletics
Tennis Match Results
Baldwin Wallace University 9, Marietta College 0
Singles competition
1. Caitlyn Pecinovsky (BW-W) def. Kristina Reed (MAR-W) 6-0, 6-1
2. Safaa Hajji (BW-W) def. Caitlin Cornell (MAR-W) 6-0, 6-0
3. Rebecca Mittler (BW-W) def. MacKenzie Boyles (MAR-W) 6-0, 6-2
4. Jenny Greene (BW-W) def. Sarah Campbell (MAR-W) 6-0, 6-0
5. Emily Pelosi (BW-W) def. Sarah Snow (MAR-W) 6-1, 6-1
6. Morgan Baker (BW-W) def. Christina Tirpak (MAR-W) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Rebecca Mittler/Caitlyn Pecinovsky (BW-W) def. Caitlin Cornell/Kristina Reed (MAR-W) 8-1
2. Morgan Baker/Safaa Hajji (BW-W) def. MacKenzie Boyles/Christina Tirpak (MAR-W) 8-1
3. Emily Pelosi/Jenny Greene (BW-W) def. Sarah Snow/Blakely Dye (MAR-W) 8-1
