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Women’s Tennis Wins Due to Strong Singles Play on the Road

Grace Moyer

Houghton, NY – Despite losing two doubles matches early in the game, the Geneva women’s tennis team was able to bring home the victory with 6-3 match win over Houghton College in New York. The non-conference victory was part of their spring season of play.

Freshman Rachael Letterman (Moon Township, PA/Moon) and junior Sara Stoll (Norwalk, OH/Norwalk) made quick of their opponents with a 8-5 first doubles victory as the only winning doubles set for Geneva on the day.

In singles play, Geneva would only drop one set to the visitors winning five of the six sets. Letterman went 2-0 on the day winning her first singles set 8-2. Stoll, at second singles, also won her set 9-8.

Grace Moyer (Virginia Beach, VA/Landstown) tabbed a 9-7 fourth singles win while Jana Newberry recorded an 8-3 fifth singles win. Michelle Kisiel (Natrona Heights, PA/Highlands) tallied a 8-4 decision in sixth singles.

The team will return home for their final match of the 2016-17 season where they will take on Clarion on Friday, April 7 at 3 p.m.

Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor. Offering over 40 traditional undergraduate majors and programs, Adult Degree Programs with fully online and classroom options, and high-demand graduate degrees, Geneva's programs are recognized for their high quality. U.S. News & World Report ranks Geneva as a Top Three Best Value Regional University with one of the Top 100 engineering programs in the nation. Adhering to the truth of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God’s Word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today’s world.

 

 

 

Apr 1, 2017