Charger women’s tennis went undefeated at home last weekend against the Ursuline College Arrows and the Walsh University Cavaliers.
The Chargers dominated in their 7-0 win against the Arrows March 29, winning all three doubles and six singles matches.
“This weekend can be best described as a team effort,” sophomore Ané Dannhauser said. “Everyone came out so ready with high energy to get the job done.”
Against the Cavaliers on Sunday, the Chargers secured a 4-1 victory.
“You could really tell we were the strong team and that we wanted it more on Sunday against Walsh,” senior Libby McGivern said.
The Chargers are now 10-6 on the season and 4-0 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference.
In doubles, No. 1 pair Dannahuser and freshman Briana Rees won 6-3. Senior Courtney Rittel and junior Megan Hackman won 6-4 at No. 2 doubles, and McGivern and junior Bella Spinazze did the same at No. 3 doubles.
“Bella and I started our match down, but we never let that hurt our energy and kept putting pressure on our opponents which led us to a great win,” McGivern said.
In singles, the only loss from the weekend came from No. 1 Dannhauser, falling 6-2, 5-7, 1-6.
“Singles was not the highlight of my weekend,” Dannhauser said. “Saturday was super straightforward, but Sunday I quite literally choked. I was up and had the opportunity to close the match, but unfortunately it didn’t quite go as planned. Tennis is just like that though, you never know what’s going to happen.”
At No. 2 singles, McGivern won 6-0, 6-4, and No. 3 singles Rees pulled off a 6-3, 6-1 win. Rittel finished off the weekend with a hard-fought 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles.
“Everyone stepped up in different places and that’s how we got the job done,” Spinazze said. “Libby and I played our best tennis and had amazing energy.”
The Chargers’ win over the Cavaliers puts the team in a position to earn a top-four ranking in the G-MAC tournament later this month.
This weekend, the Chargers will go on the road to face the nation’s sixth-ranked team the University of Findlay on Friday and Tiffin University on Saturday. Both teams were top three in the G-MAC preseason rankings, and a win against either would put the Chargers in a position to earn a bye in the first round of the G-MAC tournament.
