The Shippensburg University tennis team finished its fall competition schedule last Saturday.
The Raiders started at 11 a.m. at the Criste Courts Arena at Messiah before heading to Lebanon Valley for a second match that was later cancelled because of weather conditions.
In doubles play, Shippensburg faced tough competition across all courts.
On Court 1, graduate Yasmin De Meyer and senior Corinne Markovich fell 6–3 to Messiah’s Kylie Walker and Kiara Bomboy. On Court 2, sophomore Jade Miller and junior Rachel Gallagher were topped 6-3 by Susan Arp and Isabella Heckman.
Rounding out doubles action, freshmen Taylor Maguire and Sarah Vessah dropped their matchup 6–4 to Isabella Ipri and Jocelyn Valdez.
Even though the Raiders found their rhythm and came up with at least three games in their doubles matches, the Falcons won all doubles games, taking an overall 1-0 lead in the match.
In singles play, Shippensburg secured two victories but came up short in the rest of the games.
Senior Corinne Markovich battled on Court 1 in a very close match but fell to Kiara Bomboy (4-6, 5-7). Graduate Yasmin De Meyer dropped the second match to Susan Arp (0-6, 2-6).
The Raiders earned their first point of the day in the third singles match. Sophomore Jade Miller solidly defeated Isabella Heckman in two straight sets (6-3, 6-1).
In the fourth match, junior Rachel Gallagher was topped by Katelyn Good (2-6, 2-6). Junior Brinley Orris fell to Isabella Ipri (4-6, 2-6) in the fifth match.
Finally, junior Ava Kalist claimed a hard-fought three-set win in the last match, defeating Jocelyn Valdez (6-2, 2-6, 4-3) after the Falcons’ player retired due to medical injury, earning the second point of the day.
The match at Messiah ended 2-5, and the Raiders headed to Annville to start their second match of the day.
SU started off with an early doubles lead against the Dutchmen. The match was cancelled due to rain, and it is not expected to be finished.
With this eventful Saturday, the Raiders finished its fall matches at 1-2 and will resume competition in February.
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