Women's Tennis drops hard-fought battle to Heidelberg

The Muskingum women's tennis team dropped a hard-fought battle to the Heidelberg Student Princes on Thursday, 5-4.

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Muskingum University	Heidelberg University
Score	4	5

Doubles

Esmerelda Salazar / Emmy Flottman-Mullen def. Sarah Stockdale / Sara Welsh 8-1
Jillian Goulet / Meridith Lucius def. Kayla Hall / Emma Lewis 8-0
Peyton Morrow / Mackenzie Simmons def. Megan Novess / Samantha Escalera 8-2

Singles

Esmerelda Salazar def. Sarah Stockdale 6-0 , 6-0
Jillian Goulet def. Kayla Hall 6-4 , 6-1
Sara Welsh def. Meridith Lucius 6-2 , 6-2
Emmy Flottman-Mullen def. Peyton Morrow 6-2 , 6-4
Emma Lewis def. Megan Novess 0-6 , 6-4 , 10-8
Mackenzie Simmons def. Samantha Escalera 2-6 , 6-2 , 10-7

April 11, 2019

The Muskingum women's tennis team dropped a hard-fought battle to the Heidelberg Student Princes on Thursday, 5-4.

Heidelberg secured back-to-back doubles action wins to jump out to an early 2-0 lead. The double pair of senior Peyton Morrow and sophomore Mackenzie Simmons answered back with an 8-2 victory in third doubles to trim the deficit to 3-1.

The Student Princes secured the match with victories in first, second, and fourth singles. Freshman Sara Welsh provided a spark for the Muskies with a 6-2, 6-2 win in third singles against Meridith Lucius. Sophomore Emma Lewis locked in fifth singles with a 0-6, 6-4 (10-8) victory over Megan Novess, while Simmons defeated Samantha Escalera 2-6, 6-2 (10-7) in sixth singles.

The Muskies next travel to Mason, Ohio to partcipate in the Lindner Tennis Fest on Saturday, April 13. The Muskies take on the Ohio Northern Polar Bears at 9:00 a.m. in match one and battle the Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets at 12:00 p.m. in match two.