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Sarah Ray

Women's Tennis

Thunder women's tennis team tops Baldwin-Wallace, 5-0 in NCAA Tourney First Round

Sarah Ray was a winner at #4-singles and #3-doubles
Wheaton, Ill. - The Thunder women's tennis team won its first-round match of the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship on Friday morning with a 5-0 victory against Baldwin-Wallace College. Wheaton will face host DePauw University on Friday morning at 10 AM (EDT) in a second round match of the tournament.

Wheaton is now 21-2 on the year, while Baldwin-Wallace ends its season with an 18-8 record.

Marissa Shults
Wheaton jumped out to a 3-0 lead with victories in the three doubles matches that opened the match. The number-one doubles pairing of Elizabeth Worsowicz and Sara Federschmidt picked up Wheaton's first win of the morning with an 8-0 victory. The number-three doubles team of Sarah Ray and Kirsten Boyer expanded Wheaton's lead to 2-0 with an 8-3 victory. Lindsey Hallett and Marissa Shults concluded the Wheaton sweep in doubles play with an 8-2 victory at number-two doubles.

Shults gave Wheaton its first singles victory with a 6-2 6-1 victory against Morgan Baker at number-six singles. Ray gave Wheaton its decisive fifth points with a 6-2, 6-0 victory against Emily Pelosi at number-four singles to secure the win for the Thunder.

Today's win gives head coach Jane Nelson's program a 5-0 record all-time in NCAA Championship First Round matches. Wheaton is 7-5 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.

Singles competition
1. Worsowicz, Elizabeth (WHEATON) vs. Caitlyn Pecinovsky (BW-W) 6-2, 3-3, unfinished
2. Federschmidt, Sara (WHEATON) vs. Rebecca Mittler (BW-W) 6-1, 5-1, unfinished
3. Hallett, Lindsey (WHEATON) vs. Jenny Greene (BW-W) 6-1, 0-1, unfinished
4. Ray, Sarah (WHEATON) def. Emily Pelosi (BW-W) 6-2, 6-0
5. Boyer, Kirsten (WHEATON) vs. Katy Marshall (BW-W) 6-3, 2-1, unfinished
6. Shults, Marissa (WHEATON) def. Morgan Baker (BW-W) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Worsowicz, Elizabeth/Federschmidt, Sara (WHEATON) def. Caitlyn Pecinovsky/Rebecca Mittler (BW-W) 8-0
2. Hallett, Lindsey/Shults, Marissa (WHEATON) def. Jenny Greene/Emily Pelosi (BW-W) 8-2
3. Ray, Sarah/Boyer, Kirsten (WHEATON) def. Katy Marshall/Morgan Baker (BW-W) 8-3



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