BEREA, OHIO --  The defending Ohio Athletic Conference champion Baldwin-Wallace College women's tennis lost to NCAA Division II Tiffin University, 7-2, today (Thursday, April 12, 2012) at the "Pop" Collins Tennis Courts in Berea. 

With its loss, B-W is now 7-11 overall. Tiffin improved to 13-11 overall.

Tiffin gained an early 3-0 lead after the doubles competition and won four of the six singles matches to capture its thirteenth victory. 

In singles play, junior No. 2 player Rebecca Mittler (Elyria/Elyria Catholic) won her match by the scores of 6-2, 6-1, and sophomore No. 3 player Morgan Baker (Vermillion/Elyria Catholic) won her match by the scores of 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 1-0 (10-4).

With her singles victory, Mittler is now 19th all time with a career singles record of 41-32.

The Yellow Jackets are back in action onTuesday, April 17 when they host Ohio Athletic Conference rival Heidelberg University at the Collins Courts at 3:30 p.m. B-W enters that match 2-2 in OAC play. 

FOR MORE B-W 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 B-W athletics information at www.bw.edu/athletics and we invite you to join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bwyellowjackets and Twitter at http://twitter.com/bwathletics.

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Baldwin-Wallace College hosts Tiffin University
Tennis Aggate Results
Thursday, April 12, 2012 in Berea, Ohio

FINAL SCORE:   Tiffin -- 7, Baldwin-Wallace -- 2

SINGLES RESULTS:  

No.1: Malaika Bora Messi (TU) defeated Jenny Greene (B-W), 6-2, 6-0; No.2: Rebecca Mittler (B-W) def. Taylor Cooper (TU), 6-2, 6-1; No.3: Morgan Baker (B-W) def. Anna Scherting (TU), 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 1-0 (10-4); No.4: Chelsea Beck (TU) def. Danielle Rueger (B-W), 6-1, 6-3;  No.5: Nicole Ardner (TU) def. Whitney Yoder (B-W), 7-5, 6-3;  No.6: Cassie Dye (TU) def. Rachel Bertrand (B-W) , 7-5, 7-6 (11-9).

DOUBLES RESULTS:  

No.1:  Bora-Messi/ Cooper (TU) defeated Mittler/ Baker (B-W), 8-4 ;  No.2: Beck/ Scherting (TU) def. Greene/ Rueger (B-W), 8-4;  No.3: Ardner/ Dye (TU) def. Yoder/ Emily Brown (B-W), 9-8 (7-2).