Defiance Drops Season-Opening Tri-Match to Franklin and MSJ

CINCINATTI, Ohio – The Defiance women's tennis teams dropped matches to HCAC opponents Franklin, 9-0, and Mount St. Joseph, 9-0, on September 5. DC falls to 0-2 on the season with the losses.  

Junior Katie Carunchia played two competitive singles matches losing 6-4, 6-1 in her match against Franklin College and 6-3, 6-2 against Mount St. Joseph's Alisha Cooper.

The Yellow Jackets will return to the court on September 10, when they host Sinclair Community College at 5:00 p.m.

Franklin 9, Defiance 0

Doubles
No. 1 Bright/ Schafer (FC) default win over French / Stevens
No. 2 Miller/ Gillapy (FC) def. Hennes/ Lovins (8-1)
No. 3 Beaty / Toley (FC) def. Carunchia / Raypole (8-0)

Singles
No. 1 Schafer (FC) def. French (6-1)(6-1)
No. 2 Pasek (FC) def. Hennes (6-0)(6-0)
No. 3 Gott (FC) def. Stevens (6-0)(6-0)
No. 4 Gillapy (FC) def. Lovins (6-0)(6-0)
No. 5 Toley (FC) def. Raypole (6-0)(6-0)
No. 6 Nally (FC) def. Carunchia (6-4)(6-1)

Mount St. Joseph 9, Defiance 0

Doubles
No. 1 Robison / Thomas (MSJ) def. French / Stevens (8-0)
No. 2 Teagle / Ratterman (MSJ) def. Hennes / Lovins (8-1)
No. 3 Frey / Bleh (MSJ) def. Raypole / Carunchia (8-0)

Singles
No. 1 Whitney Thomas (MSJ) def. French (6-0)(6-0)
No. 2 Laura Robison (MSJ) def. Hennes (6-1) (6-0)
No. 3  Judy Frey (MSJ) def. Stevens (6-0) (6-0)
No. 4 Brittany Teagle (MSJ) def. Lovins (6-0) (6-0)
No. 5 Kelsey Donovan (MSJ) def, Raypole (6-0) (6-0)
No. 6  Alisha Cooper (MSJ) def. Carunchia (6-3)(6-2)