HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA -- The defending Ohio Athletic Conference champion Baldwin-Wallace College women's tennis team opened its 2012 Spring Break Trip to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina today (Sunday, March 4) with a 7-2 victory against St. John Fisher (N.Y.) College. The Yellow Jacket women will play six more matches down south.

With its victory, B-W improves to 1-5 overall. St. John Fisher dropped to 6-7 overall.

In singles play, junior number two player Rebecca Mitler (Elyria/ Elyria Catholic) won by the scores of 7-5 and 6-2, sophomore No.3 player Morgan Baker (Vermilion/ Elyria Catholic) won by the scores of 6-0 and 6-0, junior No.4 player Danielle Rueger (Ashland) won by the scores of 6-2 and 6-2, sophomore No.5 player Whitney Yoder (Medina) won by the scores of 6-1, 2-6 and 6-0 and freshman Rachel Bertrand (Avon) won by default. 

In doubles action, the No.1 tandem of Mitler and Baker won by the score of 8-2 and the No.3 tandem of senior Emily Brown (Vermilion) and Rueger won by default.

The B-W women are back in action tomorrow, Monday, March 5 when it plays Saint Vincent (Pa.) College at 8:00 a.m. and then faces Catholic University (Washington DC) at 6:00 p.m..

FOR MORE B-W SPORTS INFORMATION, please contact SID Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327 and e-mail at kruple@bw.edu and Assistant SID Jeff Miller by telephone at 440-826-2780 and e-mail 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 versus St. John Fisher College
Women's Tennis Aggate Results

FINAL SCORE:   Baldwin-Wallace -- 7, St. John Fisher (N.Y.) -- 2

SINGLES RESULTS:  No.1: Elena Vahl (SJF) defeated Jenny Greene (B-W), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-1); No.2: Rebecca Mittler (B-W) def. Kathryn Pasier (SJF), 7-5, 6-2; No.3: Morgan Baker (B-W) def. Marissa Rotondo (SJF), 6-0, 6-0; No.4: Danielle Rueger (B-W) def. Kim Phimsipasom (SJF), 6-2, 6-2; No.5: Whitney Yoder (B-W) def. Lauren Burke (SJF), 6-1, 2-6, 1-0; No.6: Rachel Bertrand (B-W) won by default.

DOUBLES RESULTS:  No.1: Mittler/ Baker (B-W) def. Vahl/ Rotondo (SJF), 8-2; No.2: Burke/ Pasier (SJF) def. Greene/ Yoder (B-W), 8-5; No.3: Bertrand/ Brown (B-W) won by default.