UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Saginaw
Valley State University women's tennis team fell to Northwood
University today (Sept. 10), 6-3 in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletics Conference (GLIAC) match.
The duo of senior Cortney Heileman
(East China, Mich. / St. Clair HS) and freshman
Charlotte Wong
(Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island/Colonel Gray Senior High)
conquered their Northwood opponent 8-3 in no. 3 doubles. Wong
was also successful in no. 6 singles, defeating Northwood's Samara
Paldinho by scores of 6-2 and 6-3. Sophomore Yunjiao
Shangguan (Chengdu, China / Shiyang HS) had a solid
performance, posting a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Svenja Stephan in no.
1 singles.
With the loss, the Cardinals fall to 1-2 overall on the season
and 1-2 in the GLIAC while Northwood moves to 1-0 on the season and
1-0 in the GLIAC. The SVSU tennis team will return to action
as they host Wayne State in a GLIAC match (Sept. 24) beginning at
2:00 pm.
