The Hillsdale women’s tennis team won its match against the Davenport University Panthers and dropped its match against the Ferris State Bulldogs at home this weekend.

The Chargers faced off against Davenport Feb. 15 and went 4-3.

Hillsdale swept all three doubles pairs, with No. 1 doubles sophomore Ané Dannhauser and senior Courtney Rittel winning 6-1. In No. 2 doubles, senior Libby McGivern and junior Briana Rees pulled off a 6-4 win.

“We had a great match as a team on Saturday and I think that had a lot to do with how we came out super strong in doubles and started off the singles play already in the lead,” McGivern said.

In No. 3 doubles, juniors Megan Hackman and Bella Spinazze cruised to a 6-0 victory over Davenport. 

“Megan and I make a great team,” Spinazze said. “We feed off of each other’s energy and have a lot of fun together on the court. We both know how to boost each other up when we need it and our game styles complement each other well.”

Singles against the Panthers were a mixed bag, with the Chargers winning three of the six matches.

At No. 2 singles, McGivern pulled off a win against the Panthers, dropping one set but walking away with a 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 victory.

“Overall the team did great in singles and we had awesome energy all around,” McGivern said. “I had a really tough three-set match and I would not have been able to come out on top if it hadn’t been for the support of my teammates and coaches.”

Rees had another singles victory for the Chargers at No. 3 singles, sweeping Davenport 6-2, 6-1. The Chargers’ third singles victory came from Hackman at No. 6 singles, who went 7-5, 6-1.

On Sunday, the Chargers broke their three-game winning streak and fell to Ferris State 6-1. 

The only win for the Chargers in doubles came from Dannhauser and Rittel’s 7-5 success. No. 2 doubles Rees and McGivern and No. 3 Spinazze and Hackman fell short against the Bulldogs, 6-1 and 7-5, respectively. 

“Courtney and I worked great together, and on Sunday we managed to keep that going,” Dannhauser said. “Sunday’s match was definitely harder but we kept our cool and finished it off strongly.”

Dannhauser continued the Chargers’ brief winning stint against the Bulldogs and had the only singles win of the day, defeating Ferris State 6-3, 6-0.

“My singles matches on Saturday and Sunday were worlds apart,” Dannhauser said. “I played so much better on Sunday and really enjoyed it. I loved the energy the team had this weekend, even though Sunday didn’t end up the way we wanted it to.”

In their singles matchups, No. 3 Rees and No. 6 Hackman played their opponents to three rounds, but ultimately fell short.

The Chargers now sit at 3-2 on the season and will face Purdue University Northwest and University of Illinois Springfield on the road Feb. 22 and 23.