ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland women's tennis team posted a 1-3 record at the PTR Spring Tennis Fest in Hilton Head, S.C. between March 17-19, before opening United East Conference action with a shutout victory Saturday afternoon (Mar. 21).
St. Mary's College (4-4, 1-0 UEC) dropped a pair of 6-1 decisions to The College of Wooster (Mar. 17) and College of Saint Mary (Neb.) (Mar. 18) before rebounding with a 4-3 triumph over Schreiner University (Mar. 19). The Seahawks ended their Hilton Head trip with a 4-3 loss to Ripon College (Mar. 19). SMCM returned to the win column with a 7-0 league win at Cedar Crest College.
HOW IT HAPPENED
WOOSTER
- First-years Lily Ganjbaksh (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) and Addyson Harden (Lexington Park, Md./Great Mills) posted a hard-fought 7-6 (8-6) triumph over Elizabeth Meiners and Sasha Riley at No. 1 doubles, but Wooster claimed wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to head into singles action with a 1-0 lead.
- Ganjbaksh notched the team's lone point with her 6-3, 6-3 victory over Meiners at No. 1 singles.
SAINT MARY (NEB.)
- Saint Mary won all three doubles matches for a 1-0 lead heading into singles play.
- Sophomore Sarah Levit (Rockville, Md./Richard Montgomery) tallied the team's lone point with a gritty 6-1, 1-6, 10-6 win over Noel Moreno at No. 2 singles.
SCHREINER
- Harden proved to be the difference in the 4-3 win over Schreiner as she broke the 3-3 draw with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 victory over Sonnea Garcia at No. 6 singles.
- St. Mary's College carried a 1-0 lead into singles action after Ganjbaksh and Levit won 6-4 at No. 1 doubles and sophomores Stella Manns (White Hall, Md./North Harford) and Lily Spedden (Cambridge, Md./Cambridge South Dorchester) notched a 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles.
- The Seahawks stretched their lead to 3-0 with straight set wins by Ganjbaksh and junior captain Lauren Lovejoy (Newburg, Md./La Plata) at No. 1 and No. 3 singles, respectively.
- Schreiner took No. 2, 5, and 4 singles to level the match at 3-3.
RIPON
- SMCM started with a 1-0 lead after capturing all three doubles matches.
- Ganjbaksh extended the lead to 2-0 by shutting out Jessi Griepentrog at No. 1 singles.
- The Red Hawks knotted the match at 2-2 with victories at No. 2 and No. 3 singles.
- Sophomore Zoe Wilson (Clarksburg, Md./Holy Cross) gave St. Mary's College a 3-2 lead with a determined 7-6 (11-9), 6-3 triumph at No. 4 singles.
- Ripon took the match, 4-3, with wins at No. 5 and No. 6 singles.
CEDAR CREST
- The Seahawks dropped only two games in the entire match in opening United East action at Cedar Crest.
NEXT FOR THE SEAHAWKS
- Mar. 25 vs. Notre Dame (Md.) (0-1, 0-1 UEC) – St. Mary's City, Md. (Somerset Tennis Complex) – 3 pm
- Mar. 28 at Penn College (2-6, 1-0 UEC) – Williamsport, Pa. (Central PA Tennis Center) – 4 pm
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