MIDLAND, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University women's tennis team defeated Lake Superior State University today (Oct. 24) in their third match of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (GLIAC) Tournament.

The Cardinals swept the Lakers in singles as freshman Andrea Calhoun (Midland, Mich.) defeated LSSU's Tess Marton in no. 2 singles 6-1, 6-0 while senior Cortney Heileman (East China, Mich./St. Clair HS) was successful in no. 4 singles, defeating Laker Helen Sheridan 6-0, 6-1.  Freshman Hailey Crampton (Vernan, British Columbia/WL Seaton) was victorious in no. 5 singles, defeating LSSU's Erin Wiethoff 6-4, 6-2.

Saginaw Valley went 2-1 in doubles as the team of sophomore Yunjiao Shangguan (Chengdu, China/Shiyang HS) and Calhoun defeated the Laker team of Adrienne DiVito and Marton 8-5 while the duo of freshmen Stephanie Bagnell (Brookside, Nova-Scotia/Cobequid Educational Center) and Crampton were victorious over Laker's Holly Daniel and Katie Watchorn 9-8 (0-5).

With the win, the Cardinals end their 2010 Fall season with an overall record of 5-9 and 4-7 in the GLIAC while Lake Superior State University falls to 5-11 overall on the season and 3-8 in conference play.  The SVSU women's tennis team will return to action for their 2011 Spring season.