Women’s Tennis Falls to Moravian in Home Opener

Savannah Bailey won at fourth singles 7-6, 1-6, 11-9.
Savannah Bailey won at fourth singles 7-6, 1-6, 11-9.
Moravian College
7
Juniata Eagles
2

Doubles

Rachel Yurchisin / Vienna Cordier (JCWTEN)
def. Brittney Eady / Skylar Oliwa (MOR)
8-5
Lauren Steinert / Eiman Nazif (MOR)
def. Lauren Lucas / Savannah Bailey (JCWTEN)
8-5
Kate Rennar / Emily Snyder (MOR)
def. Souyma Polavarapu / Theresa Joson (JCWTEN)
8-3

Singles

Brittney Eady (MOR)
def. Lauren Lucas (JCWTEN)
6-4, 6-3
Skylar Oliwa (MOR)
def. Rachel Yurchisin (JCWTEN)
6-4, 7-5
Eiman Nazif (MOR)
def. Vienna Cordier (JCWTEN)
7-5, 6-2
Savannah Bailey (JCWTEN)
def. Lauren Steinert (MOR)
7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 11-9
Kate Rennar (MOR)
def. Kelley Appow (JCWTEN)
6-4, 6-0
Grace Bailly (MOR)
def. Theresa Joson (JCWTEN)
6-2, 6-2
full stats
Posted: Apr 08, 2017

HUNTINGDON, Pa.- The Juniata women's tennis team played its first match of the 2017 season on Saturday afternoon against Moravian. The Greyhounds defeated the Eagles by the score of 7-2.

 

Juniata took one match in doubles play. At first doubles, the pair of Rachel Yurchisin (Cleveland, Ohio/Padua Franciscan) and Vienna Cordier (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) were victors over Kate Rennar and Emily Snyder 8-3.

 

The lone win for the Eagles in the singles portion occurred in the final match of the day at fourth flight. Savannah Bailey (Rockville, Md./Richard Montgomery) outlasted Lauren Steinert in a super tiebreaker 7-6, 1-6, 11-9.

 

The women return to the Raffensberger-Brumbaugh Courts tomorrow afternoon when they host Elizabethtown. Start time is 1:00 p.m.