ALLIANCE, OHIO -- The Baldwin Wallace University women's tennis team defeated the University of Mount Union, 9-0, today (Tuesday, April 12) in an Ohio Athletic Conference match at Peterson Fieldhouse. The win was BW's seventh straight.
Baldwin Wallace, the defending OAC regular season and tournament champions, improved to 11-6 overall and 4-0 in the OAC. Including regular season and tournament play, the Yellow Jackets have won 50 of their last 52 OAC matches. Mount Union fell to 6-6 overall and 3-1 in the OAC.
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 8-5; the second duo of junior No. 4 singles player Jenny Greene (Worthington/ Thomas Worthington) and senior No. 5 player Emily Pelosi (Uniontown/ Green) won, 8-4; and the third tandem of senior No. 6 player Katy Marshall (Medina/Senior) and freshman Morgan Baker (Vermilion/Elyria Catholic) won 8-6.
In singles play, BW won all six matches in straight sets as Pecinovsky won at No. 1 by scores of 6-1, 6-4; junior Safaa Hajji (Rabat, MOROCCO/Ryad Al Maarifa) won at No. 2 by retirement after leading the first set 5-0; Mittler won at No. 3 in 6-3, 7-5; Greene won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 4, Pelosi won at No. 5 by the scores of 6-3, 6-1 and Marshall won at No. 6, 6-1 and 7-6 (8-6).
BW returns to action on Saturday (April 16) when they travel to OAC rival Ohio Northern University for a first place showdown with the Polar Bears at 1:00 p.m.
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