Ravens Race Past Panthers on Senior Day
The Anderson University women’s tennis team (8-12, 4-2) raced past Hanover College (5-5, 3-3) by a score of 8-1 during Saturday’s Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) matchup at the Community Sport & Wellness Center in Pendleton.
The Anderson University women's tennis team (8-12, 4-2) raced past Hanover College (5-5, 3-3) by a score of 8-1 during Saturday's Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) matchup at the Community Sport & Wellness Center in Pendleton.
With the win, Anderson locked up the No. 3 seed in the HCAC Tournament.
Megan Long recorded her 36th career singles win, breaking the school record.
Prior to the contest, Anderson recognized Claire Hannaford and Long for Senior Day.
COACH SCOTT GREVE'S COMMENTS
- Both teams continue to take the necessary steps to see success. [Saturday] was a great example of that. Hanover is a very good team; they are well coached and perennially a top program in the HCAC. The goal was to make our Senior Day special for our captains and the Ravens did exactly that.
- We had great doubles play to lead the way. Our new No. 3 doubles team of Claire Hannaford and Jenna Jenkins proved to be very formidable by winning the first point of the match quickly. Megan Long and Ella Frantz continue to click at No. 1 doubles and our No. 2 pairing of Morgan Nation and Ella Maiden are growing into a very good doubles team.
- We haven't played our best tennis yet, but we are definitely moving in the right direction at the right time of the season.
DOUBLES RESULTS
No. 1. Ella Frantz/Megan Long (Anderson) def. Rachel Pinnick/Isabelle Roberts (Hanover) 8-6
No. 2. Ella Maiden/Morgan Nation (Anderson) def. Melaina Tippery/Hailey Vandeventer (Hanover) 8-6
No. 3. Claire Hannaford/Jenna Jenkins (Anderson) def. Lauren Hale/Alyssa Moore (Hanover) 8-1
SINGLES RESULTS
No. 1. Megan Long (Anderson) def. Melaina Tippery (Hanover) 6-1, 6-2
No. 2. Ella Frantz (Anderson) def. Rachel Pinnick (Hanover) 6-1, 6-1
No. 3. Isabelle Roberts (Hanover) def. Morgan Nation (Anderson) 6-2, 6-2
No. 4. Gabby Hosier (Anderson) def. Hailey Vandeventer (Hanover) 6-3, 6-4
No. 5. Claire Hannaford (Anderson) def. Lauren Hale (Hanover) 6-4, 6-4
No. 6. Ella Maiden (Anderson) def. Alyssa Moore (Hanover) 6-2, 6-0
UP NEXT
Third-seeded Anderson is set to take on sixth-seeded Earlham College (4-13, 1-4) in the HCAC quarterfinals on Tuesday at Highland Middle School in Anderson with a probable start time of 4:30 p.m.
