Women’s Tennis Falters at Springfield, 6-3

Team Stats

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Score

doubles

Cara Freadman / Emily Etter (SPRW)
def. Emily Ruttkowski / Adele Duval (ENC)

8-3

Addie Kendall / Melissa Parrish (SPRW)
def. Lindsey Steelman / Sharon Biondi (ENC)

9-7

Rachel Litchfield / Rachel Ahlmeyer (SPRW)
def. Jordan Cressman / Veronica Jimenez (ENC)

8-0

Singles

Sharon Biondi (ENC)
def. Cara Freadman (SPRW)

6-3 , 6-3

Emily Ruttkowski (ENC)
def. Emily Etter (SPRW)

6-1 , 0-6 , 10-2

Adele Duval (ENC)
def. Rachel Litchfield (SPRW)

6-3 , 6-2

Addie Kendall (SPRW)
def. Lindsey Steelman (ENC)

7-5 , 6-4

Melissa Parrish (SPRW)
def. Veronica Jimenez (ENC)

6-0 , 6-0

Rachel Ahlmeyer (SPRW)
def. Jordan Cressman (ENC)

6-2 , 6-1

March 20, 2018

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.- The Eastern Nazarene College women's tennis team suffered a 6-3 setback at Springfield Tuesday afternoon in its final match of the 2017-18 season.

The Lions finish with an 11-10 overall record with the result while the Pride improves to 5-2.

The home team swept the doubles matches to establish a 3-0 lead.

Adele Duval (Reading, Calif.) and Emily Ruttkowski (Castrop-Rauxel, Germany) dropped an 8-3 decision at the top doubles position to Cara Freadman and Emily Etter.

Sharon Biondi (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) and Lindsey Steelman (Darlington, Md.) narrowly fell at the second spot 9-7 to Melissa Parrish and Addie Kendall.

Jordan Cressman (Bowmanstown, Pa.) and Veronica Jimenez (Lynnfield, Mass.) absorbed an 8-0 loss at the No. 3 slot to Rachel Litchfield and Rachel Ahlmeyer.

The two teams split the six singles matches as Springfield secured its third-consecutive victory.

Biondi claimed a 6-2, 6-3 win at the top singles position against Freadman.

Ruttkowski outlasted Etter in a third-set super-tiebreaker at the second slot. After cruising to a 6-1 victory in the first set and dropping the second 6-0, Ruttkowski stormed past Etter 10-2 in the super-tiebreaker.

Duval downed Litchfield 6-3, 6-2 at the No. 3 spot to collect her team-leading 16th singles victory of the year.

Steelman fell 7-5, 6-4 at the fourth position to Kendall while Jimenez and Cressman suffered straight-set losses at the fifth and sixth singles slots.