Women’s tennis team wins season-opener at Defiance, 6-3

The Olivet College women’s tennis team swept the three doubles matches and split the six singles matches to defeat Defiance (Ohio) College, 6-3, in its season-opener at the Dix Tennis Facility in Defiance, Ohio.

Team Stats

Olivet College

Defiance College

Score

Doubles

Miranda Pier / Makenzie Borg (OLIVET)
def. A.J. Breneman / Alexa St. Julian (DCWT)

9-7

Sydnie Weller / Emily Foulk (OLIVET)
def. Destiny Oshodin / Sydney Huston (DCWT)

8-2

Julia Miklusicak / Anneliese Jones (OLIVET)
def. Rylea Amspaugh / Robyn Otey (DCWT)

8-3

Singles

A.J. Breneman (DCWT)
def. Miranda Pier (OLIVET)

6-3 , 6-0

Keely Cruz (OLIVET)
def. Destiny Oshodin (DCWT)

6-3 , 2-6 , 1-0 (11-9)

Alexa St. Julian (DCWT)
def. Anneliese Jones (OLIVET)

2-6 , 6-2 , 1-0 (10-8)

Sydney Huston (DCWT)
def. Emily Foulk (OLIVET)

4-6 , 7-6 (7-4) , 1-0 (10-6)

Sydnie Weller (OLIVET)
def. Rylea Amspaugh (DCWT)

6-0 , 6-0

Alex Lesko (OLIVET)
def. Robyn Otey (DCWT)

6-0 , 6-0

August 28, 2019

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – The Olivet College women's tennis team swept the three doubles matches and split the six singles matches to defeat Defiance (Ohio) College, 6-3, in its season-opener at the Dix Tennis Facility in Defiance, Ohio.

Final Score: Olivet 6, Defiance 3
Location: Dix Tennis Facility; Defiance, Ohio
Records: Olivet 1-0 overall, Defiance 0-1 overall

The Comets won each of three doubles pro-sets.
The wins for Olivet in singles play were at the No. 2, 5 and 6 positions.

At No. 1 doubles, freshman Makenzie Borg and senior Miranda Pier rallied from a 6-3 deficit to win 9-7.
At No. 2 doubles, senior Sydnie Weller and sophomore Emily Foulk coasted to an 8-2 win.
At No. 3 doubles, freshman Anneliese Jones and sophomore Julia Miklusicak won 8-3.
Junior Keely Cruz came-from-behind for the win at No. 2 singles. After losing the first set, 6-3, she won second set 6-2 and won a match-tiebreaker 11-9 for the third set.
Weller did not lose any games for a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 5 singles.
At No. 6 singles, senior Alex Lesko also won in straight sets and straight games, 6-0, 6-0.

Olivet returns to the courts next Saturday, Sept. 7, when it hosts Manchester (Ind.) University. First serve at the Marshall High School Tennis Courts is at 11 a.m.