Final Results vs. Ohio Wesleyan
Final Results vs. Denison

Granville, Ohio – This morning the Oberlin College women's tennis team began their quest to improve upon their two previous season's third place finishes in the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament. Oberlin cruised though the opening round defeating Ohio Wesleyan University 5-1 then fell to Denison University in their semifinal match-up 6-0.

Against Ohio Wesleyan, the Yeowomen earned wins in two of the three doubles matches. Ariel Lewis and Finley Gates won in the top spot defeating Pam Quigney and Emily Kiourtsis 9-8.

Liz Saltzman and Emily Thebaut took the third doubles match 8-4 providing Oberlin with the 2-1 lead heading into singles play. OWU's Erin Cohn and Becky Simon pulled out an 8-6 win over Preeya Shah and Brie White-Dzuro at No. 2 doubles.

The Yeowomen secured the first round win with victories at the No. 1, No. 4 and No. 6 singles positions. Lewis grabbed her 20th win of the season defeating Quigney (6-1, 7-5) in the top spot.

Carolyn Ball hitting at fourth singles took out Cohn in straight sets (6-2, 6-3) to notch her 10th win of the year.

Thebaut cruised through her match at No. 6 to earn the decisive fifth team point besting Mackenzie Conway, 6-0, 6-1.

“We had a good first day of the NCAC's, we played well against OWU and turned around and put in a good effort against a tough Denison team. Their lineup is deep and they are consistent from top to bottom, however, I thought we played them close through singles,” commented Head Coach Constantine Ananiadis.

In semifinal action, fifth-ranked Denison took a commanding 3-0 lead at the conclusion of doubles play. DU's Marta Drane and Kristin Cobb the Central Region's third best pairing pushed by Lewis and Gates 8-3.

The Big Red (15-4) would continue to roll clinching the match with wins at four and six singles.

Lewis and Cobb would continue to battle it out in the top spot. The NCAC requires ranked individuals to complete their matches. The Oberlin ace, ranked seventh, took the first set 6-4 before dropping the second 6-3 and falling short in the super tiebreaker 10-6 to tenth ranked Cobb.

“We are looking forward to our match with Allegheny tomorrow,” said Ananiadis. The Yeowomen defeated the Gators a week ago (5-4) in a regular season NCAC match-up.

Oberlin (12-10) will return to the courts tomorrow playing in the third and fourth place consolation match. The Yeowomen will square off against Allegheny College at 11 a.m. in Granville. If weather forces play to move indoors Oberlin and Allegheny will play their match on the Kenyon College campus in the Jasper Tennis Center.