ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland women's tennis team earned their sixth shutout of the season Tuesday afternoon (April 14). St. Mary's College (11-4, 8-0 UEC) blanked United East Conference rival, Penn State Harrisburg (8-6, 6-2 UEC), for its eighth consecutive win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
DOUBLES
- First-years Lily Ganjbaksh (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) and Addyson Harden (Lexington Park, Md./Great Mills) opened action with a 6-0 win over Karly Anderson and Megan Strohecker at the No. 1 pairing.
- Team captains Lauren Lovejoy (Newburg, Md./La Plata) and Stella Manns (White Hall, Md./North Harford) locked up the doubles point with a 6-2 victory over Aubrey Gard and Rosalia Mannino at the No. 2 spot.
- Sophomores Sarah Levit (Rockville, Md./Richard Montgomery) and Lily Spedden (Cambridge, Md./Cambridge South Dorchester) closed doubles action with a 7-5 triumph over Karina Ko and Kiersten Strohecker.
SINGLES
- Ganjbaksh and Levit made it a 3-0 lead for the Seahawks with their straight victories at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively.
- Sophomore Zoe Wilson (Clarksburg, Md./Holy Cross) clinched the match with her 6-2, 6-1 victory over Mannino at No. 4 singles.
- Spedden, Lovejoy, and Manns all claimed straight-set victories in their matches, dropping a combined total of four games over their three matches.
NEXT FOR THE SEAHAWKS
- April 18 vs. Penn State Abington (3-11, 2-6 UEC) – St. Mary's City, Md. (Somerset Tennis Complex) – 1 pm (SENIOR DAY)
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