HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – The Slippery Rock University women's tennis team beat Kutztown University, 6-3, Wednesday afternoon to continue its spring break matches. The win was The Rock's fifth consecutive win overall and improved their season record to 5-4. Kutztown, which is an NCAA Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference rival of The Rock, saw its season record drop to 1-3. The Rock pulled together a victory after having some difficulty throughout the match.
Sarah Joumond earned her second consecutive collegiate victory at No. 1 singles.
Samantha Bruggeman left her No. 6 singles match early, due to an injury. She is expected to be recover quickly.
The Rock continue their spring break schedule Thursday with an 8 a.m. match vs. Bloomsburg University in Hilton Head Island.
Complete results of Wednesday's match are as follows:
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Hannah Pipkin/Ridhima Borooah (KU) def.
Sarah Joumond /
Kasey Love 8-6
No. 2 –
Janelle Krantz /
Lauren Coggins (SRU) def. Rachel Grula/Tori Zander 8-2
No. 3 –
Samantha Bruggeman /
Courtney Gallagher (SRU) def. Cynthia Good/Emily Troast 8-1
SINGLES
No. 1 – Joumond (SRU) def. Hannah Pipkin 6-2, 0-6, 10-6
No. 2 – Ridhima Borooah (KU) def. Love (SRU) 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 –
Elisabeth Yetiskul (SRU) def. Rachel Grula 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 – Krantz (SRU) def. Tori Zander 6-0, 6-3
No. 5 – Coggins (SRU) def. Emily Troast 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 – Chelsea Davis (KU) def. Bruggeman 7-5, injury retire
