COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Saginaw Valley State University women's
tennis team pulled out a close 5-4 victory today (Sept. 16),
defeating Ohio Dominican in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (GLIAC) match.
The Cardinals were able to pick up a doubles win today with the
team of Meghan Woody
(Midland, Mich. / Dow HS) and Erin Doud
(Northville, Mich. / Northville HS) taking down their
opponents 8-2 in No. 2 doubles.
Saginaw Valley also faired well in singles, with the match
clinching point coming from Yunjiao
Shangguan (Chengdu, China / Shiyang HS) in No. 1 singles
when she defeated Samanta Zambrano in three sets, 6-4, 3-6,
6-2.
Woody and Doud were both able to grab wins in singles action as
well, Woody winning her No. 2 singles match 6-3, 6-3, and Doud
taking her No. 5 singles match, 6-4, 6-0. Also helping with the
Cardinal effort was Kelli Close
(Midland, Mich. / H.H. Dow HS), who won her No. 3 singles match
6-3, 6-1.
With the win, Saginaw Valley improves to 5-1 overall and in the GLIAC while Ohio
Dominican falls to 3-2 overall and in the GLIAC. The Cardinals will
return to action this Friday (Sept. 21) to compete in the ITA
regional tournament played at Jenison High School.
