Knights News
09.22.2009 - [Women's Tennis]
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Sophomore Maria Berry swept her matches at No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles at Hanover.
Sophomore Maria Berry swept her matches at No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles at Hanover.
HANOVER, Ind. - The Marian University women's tennis team traveled to Hanover College on Tuesday afternoon and won its seventh straight match, 7-2.

Sophomore Maria Berry (Madison, Ind./Shawe Memorial) and freshman Tiffany Schendel (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead) swept through their matches at No. 3 singles and No. 2 singles, respectively, and earned an 8-5 victory at No. 2 doubles. Berry won her singles match, 6-4, 6-3, while Schendel was a 7-5, 6-2 victor.

Sophomore Alyson O'Conner (Lebanon, Ind./Lebanon) and freshman Casey DeLucenay (Elkhart, Ind./Elkhart Memorial) each won her singles match in straight sets. O'Conner won at No. 4 singles, 6-1, 6-2, while DeLucenay won at No. 6 singles, 6-1, 6-3.

O'Conner teamed with junior Dana Reynolds (Lebanon, Ind./Lebanon) for an 8-5 win at No. 1 doubles, but Reynolds was not as successful at No. 1 singles as she lost, 4-6, 6-7 (6-8).

DeLucenay and junior Alyssa Richard (Madison, Ind./Shawe Memorial) teamed at No. 3 doubles for an 8-4 win, but Richard fell at No. 5 singles in a three-set match, 7-5, 2-6, 7-10.

The Knights are now 8-1 on the season and play host to Taylor University in a key Mid-Central College Conference showdown on Thursday afternoon at the Marian University Tennis Courts. First serve is slated for 1 p.m.