UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley
State University women's tennis team went 1-1 this past weekend in
a pair of non-league match-ups. The Cardinals lost a 5-4
decision to Alma College on Saturday (Mar. 20) before rebounding
for a 5-4 win over Aquinas College on Sunday (Mar. 21). The
split puts SVSU at 4-12 overall on the season.
In the match with Alma, the only doubles victory came with the
no. 1 team of Yunjiao Shangguan (Chengdu, China/Shiyang HS)
and Debra Hammond (Goodrich, Mich.) defeating Alma's Amy
Baranowski and Kelsey Erwin by a score of 8-2. Shangguan and
Hammond would take care of their singles opponents as well, winning
6-1, 6-0 and 6-0, 6-1, respectively. Jessica
Stone (Flushing, Mich.) claimed the only other victory of the
day, winning in three sets (1-6, 6-4, 7-6) over Alma's Jen Meloche.
Shangguan and Hammond would take the doubles match against
Aquinas, 8-0. Cortney
Heileman (East China, Mich./St. Clair HS) and Stone teamed-up
for a 9-8 (3) victory in no. 2 doubles. In singles play, Shangguan
would win 6-2, 6-0 while Hammond claimed a 6-1, 6-3 victory.
Heilman also won at no. 3 singles, defeating her opponent 6-1, 6-0.
The Cardinals will face Davenport University in their final
match of the season on Sunday, Mar. 28 at Potential Energy in
Saginaw, Mich.
