Shippensburg University’s tennis team traveled to Bowie State on Saturday and split matches against the host Bulldogs and Elizabeth City State University. Their overall record moves to 3-3.
The first match of the day was against the Elizabeth City State’s Vikings. Shippensburg fell in the battle, 4-3.
Junior Rachel Gallagher earned a 6-0, 6-3 win at No. 5 singles, and junior Brinley Orris won 6-4, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
Freshman Samhitha Koganti outlasted her opponent in the No. 2 flight, 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 10-7.
The Vikings claimed wins at No. 1, No. 3 and No. 4 singles. The final edge came in the doubles point, ECSU won at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles.
Transitioning to the second match, the team needed to bounce back.
“Although we didn’t get the win against ECSU, our team played really great tennis, which set us up for the Bowie game,” said graduate Yasmin De Meyer. “We fought hard and stuck together to achieve the result we needed.”
It was decided that the teams would start with singles and only contest doubles if needed for a tiebreaker.
SU wins from junior Ava Kalist at No. 3 singles, freshman Taylor Maguire at No. 4 singles and Junior Janelle Kingsboro at No.5 singles, and a forfeit at No. 6 singles, secured the Raiders’ decisive victory.
The team was supposed to play at home Friday against Juniata, but it was postponed. There is no word on a rescheduled date, yet.
The Raiders will travel to Florida for four matches during spring break. The first opponent will be Wisconsin-Eau Claire at 11 a.m. on Monday at the USTA National Campus in Orlando.
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