Lauren Byrnes and
Harmony Crawford both won their singles matches and went to a tiebreaker in their doubles matches to lead Mary Baldwin in Tuesday's non-conference tennis matches at Bridgewater. The women lost by a 5-2 margin while the men lost 7-0.
Byrnes topped Bridgewater's Charlotte Weaver, 6-3, 6-4, in the #5 singles position. Byrnes and doubles partner
Gabrielle Wyatt went to the wire with Weaver and Raea Crabill at #2 doubles before the Bridgewater duo captured a 7-6 (7-3) victory.
At #6 singles, Crawford outlasted her Bridgewater opponent 6-1, 6-3 to pick up MBU's second team point. Crawford and
Kelsey Bantel combined at No. 3 doubles to force a tiebreaker before finishing with a 7-6 (7-2) defeat.
In the men's match,
Brandon Kincaid rallied at #6 singles from a 6-4 first-set defeat to win the second set 6-1, sending that match to a tiebreaker which Bridgewater's Coree Nicely edged the Fighting Squirrel by a 10-6 margin.
MBU returns to action Friday (4/11) with a men's and women's doubleheader against USA South rival Pfeiffer (2 p.m.). Saturday, the Fighting Squirrels play a women's match against Meredith (11 a.m.).
MEN
Bridgewater 7, Mary Baldwin 0
SINGLES
Matthew Leonard, B, d.
Eric Leyton, 6-0, 6-2
Corey Beshoar, B d. Elian Jimenez, 7-5, 6-2
Mark Gordon, B, d.
Brandon Dewald, 6-1, 6-4
Steven Perry, B, d.
Adrian Reyes, 6-2, 6-1
Eli Morela, B, d. Solomon Hines, 6-1, 6-0
Coree Nicely, B, d.
Brandon Kincaid, 6-4, 1-6 (10-6)
DOUBLES
Matthew Leonard and Corey Beshoar, B, d.
Eric Leyton and Elian Jimenez, 6-0
Mark Gordon and Eli Morela, B,
Brandon Dewald and
Adrian Reyes, 6-1
Coree Nicely and Logan Garner, B, d.
Brandon Murphy and
Brandon Kincaid, 6-2
WOMEN
Bridgewater 5, Mary Baldwin 2
SINGLES
Jolexie Whetzel, B, d.
Gretchen Lutz, 6-2, 6-3
Emma Staton, B, d.
Kelsey Bantel, 6-0, 4-6 (10-1)
Raea Crabill, B, d.
Deanna Chapman, 6-2, 6-0
Devon Wichael, B, d.
Gabrielle Wyatt, 6-1, 7-5
Lauren Byrnes, MB, d. Charlotte Weaver, 6-3, 6-4
Harmony Crawford, MB, d. Maddy Gundler, 6-1, 6-3
DOUBLES
Jolexie Whetzel and Emma Staton, B, d.
Gretchen Lutz and
Deanna Chapman, 6-3
Raea Crabill and Charlotte Weaver, B, d.
Gabrielle Wyatt and
Lauren Byrnes, 7-6 (7-3)
Devon Wichael and Carson Cale, B, d.
Kelsey Bantel and
Harmony Crawford, 7-6 (7-2)
