BEREA, OHIO -- The defending Ohio Athletic Conference champion Baldwin-Wallace College women's tennis defeated visiting Muskingum University, 9-0, today (Saturday, March 31) inside the Lou Higgins Recreation Center.  The match was moved indoors due to inclement weather outdoors.

With its victory, B-W is now 5-9 overall and evens its OAC record at 1-1. With their loss, the Fighting Muskies fell to 2-3 overall and 0-2 in the league.  This was B-W's 23rd straight win versus Muskingum.

B-W gained an early 3-0 lead after the doubles competition and won all six singles matches. 

In doubles action, the number one tandem of junior Rebecca Mittler (Elyria/ Elyria Catholic) and sophomore Morgan Baker (Vermilion/ Elyria Catholic) won by an 8-0 score, the No.2 duo of senior Jenny Greene (Worthington/ Thomas Worthington) and junior Danielle Rueger (Ashland) won by 8-1 score and the No.3 team of sophomore Whitney Yoder (Medina) and senior Emily Brown (Vermilion) were victorious by an 8-6 score.

In singles play they played pro sets, senior Greene won 8-0 at No.1, Mittler won 8-1  at No.2, Baker won 8-5 at No.3, Rueger won 8-0 at No.4, Yoder won 9-7 at No.5 and junior Anna Callahan (Williamsville, N.Y. /Clarence Central) won at No.6 by the scores of 8-0.

The Yellow Jackets return to action on Monday, April 2 when they travel to Wooster, Ohio to play The College of Wooster at 3:30 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 Muskingum University
Tennis Aggate Results
Saturday, March 31, 2012 in Berea, Ohio; The Lou Higgins Center

FINAL SCORE:   Baldwin-Wallace -- 9, Muskingum-- 0 

SINGLES RESULTS:  

No.1: Jenny Greene (B-W)  defeated Allison Thomas (M), 8-0
No.2:  Rebecca Mittler (B-W) defeated Karin Mueller (M), 8-1
No.3: Morgan Baker (B-W) defeated Hollie Harrison (M), 8-5
No.4: Danielle Rueger (B-W) defeated Renee Staudt (M), 8-0
No.5: Whitney Yoder (B-W) defeated Cassandra Sarver (M) 9-7
No.6: Anna Callahan (B-W) defeated Autumn Nelson (M) 8-0

DOUBLES RESULTS:  

No.1: Mittler/ Baker (B-W) defeated Mueller/Harrison (M), 8-0
No.2: Greene/ Rueger  (B-W) defeated Thomas/ Sarver (M), 8-1
No.3: Yoder/ Emily Brown (B-W) defeated Staudt/ Nelson (M), 8-6