Grove City Slips Past Women's Tennis

The Penn State Behrend women’s tennis team suffered their second straight loss by one point, falling to Grove City 5-4 in non-conference action on Tuesday afternoon.

Team Stats

Penn State Behrend

Grove City

Score

Doubles

Karolina Lagerquist / Maggie Manchester def. Chelsea Czerwinski / Alexandra Laffey 8-1
Colleen Miller / Jacqueline Cannella def. Janine Jones / Leah Thomsen 8-5
Celeste Bentley / Kelly Miller def. Julie Becker / Taylor Bradley 8-4

Singles

Karolina Lagerquist def. Chelsea Czerwinski 6-1 , 6-2
Alexandra Laffey def. Leah Thomsen 6-3 , 6-2
Julie Becker def. Jacqueline Cannella 6-4 , 6-1
Taylor Bradley def. Kat McDonough 6-1 , 6-0
Kelley Parks def. Colleen Miller 6-4 , 7-5
Malinda Miller def. Melissa Karidis 6-1 , 6-1

October 6, 2015

GROVE CITY, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's tennis team suffered their second straight loss by one point, falling to Grove City 5-4 in non-conference action on Tuesday afternoon.

The Lions (9-4) won two doubles to take a lead heading into the six singles matches, but the Wolverines (7-5) came away with four wins to edge out Behrend.

Jacqueline Cannella (Bradford Woods, PA/North Allegheny) and Colleen Miller (Louisville, OH/Louisville) defeated Janine Jones and Leah Thomsen 8-6 at No. 2 doubles, while Kelly Miller (Louisville, OH/Louisville) and Celeste Bentley (Harborcreek, PA/Harbor Creek) earned an 8-4 decision at third doubles for a 2-1 advantage.

Alexandra Laffey (Sewickley, PA/North Allegheny) and Malinda Miller (Champion, PA/Connellsville) were the two who picked up wins in singles action. Laffey, at No. 2, posted a 6-3, 6-2 score over Thomsen. Miller was playing at No. 6 singled and handed Melissa Karidis a 6-1, 6-1 loss.

Behrend returns to action a week from today against Houghton. Match begins at 3 p.m.