FREDERICK, Md. – Sophomore
Hannah Summerson (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport Area) picked up a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 2 singles, giving her a program-record 15 singles wins on the season to lead the Lycoming College women's tennis team to a conference tournament-clinching 8-1 MAC Commonwealth win over Hood College on Saturday afternoon, April 28, at the Hood Tennis Complex.
Â
By virtue of winning the most individual matches in the duals between Arcadia and Stevenson, the Warriors (10-7 overall, 4-3 MAC Commonwealth) enter the conference tournament as the third seed in the MAC Commonwealth Championship, heading to No. 2 Lebanon Valley College for the second straight year in the conference semifinals on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Top-seeded Messiah will face No. 4 seed Arcadia in the other semifinal.
Â
After teaming up with sophomore
Devinity Apollon (Washington, D.C./School Without Walls) at No. 1 doubles for an 8-5 win, Summerson earned her 15
th singles win of the season and 29
th of her career with the 6-3, 6-3 decision at her No. 2 slot. She broke a four-way tie for the top spot in the single-season record book with herself after going 14-6 as a freshman and Cricket Temple, who won 14 matches in both 1999 and 2000.
Â
With her 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 3 singles, senior
Kaitlin Hallabuk (Towanda, Pa./Towanda Area) moved into third place in program history with 39 career singles wins. Hallabuk also earned a 9-8 (2) No. 2 doubles win with sophomore partner
Julia Nagle (Altoona, Pa./Altoona Area).
Â
Apollon also earned another win with her 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 1 singles, giving her 11 on the season. Junior
Brittany Lenze (St. Mary's Pa./Elk County Catholic) earned a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 5 singles. The team also picked up wins at No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles by forfeit.
Â
Hood fell to 3-9 overall and 2-5 in the conference.
Â