ORLANDO, Fla. – The Saginaw Valley State
University women's tennis team dropped two matches yesterday
(Mar. 10), as they fell to Indianapolis, 6-3 and Wesleyan (Conn.),
7-2.
Against Indianapolis, freshman Yunjiao Shangguan (Chengdu, China/Shiyang HS) defeated
Alena Perez-Majuz (Indy) 7-5 and 6-2 while junior Courtney Heileman (East China, Mich./St Clair HS) beat
Alex Covington (Indy) 6-3 and 6-0 in the singles competition. The
doubles team of Shangguan and sophomore Debra
Hammond (Goodrich, Mich./Goodrich HS) defeated Indy's duo
9-7 while team Heileman and senior Jessica
Stone (Flushing, Mich./Flushing HS) fell
8-0. Freshmen Lindy
Coon (Adrian, Mich./Adrian HS) and Katie Piorkowski (Essexville, Mich./Garber HS) were
defeated by Indy in the doubles competition 8-2.
Shangguan would also defeat Genevieve Amelio (Wesleyan) 6-4, 6-4
while Hammond beat Meredith Holmes (Wesleyan) 6-3, 6-3 in the
singles competition. The Cardinals were unable to gain a
victory over Wesleyan in the doubles competition, as the duos of
Shangguan/Hammond and Heileman/Stone both fell by a score of 8-5.
With the two losses, Saginaw Valley falls to 3-11 overall on the
season. The Cardinal tennis team will return to action
Thursday (Mar. 11), as they take-on Webber International in the
final match of the spring season.
