WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Winning her 10
th singles match for the second year in a row, sophomore
Rei Saar (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) won both her doubles and singles matches to highlight the Lycoming College women's tennis team's 9-0 sweep of Cedar Crest College on Thursday, March 30, at the Brandon Park.
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Saar is just the fifth Warrior to reach 10 wins in back-to-back seasons, joining Hannah Summerson '20, Cricket Temple '01, Kaitlin Hallabuk '18 and Meredith Moerschbacher '03. Saar tied Heidi von Schwedler for ninth in program history with 27 career wins.
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Saar, with teammate first-year
Emma Kelchner (Nescopeck, Pa./Central Columbia), defeated Taylor Wolf and Katie Browning, 8-2 in the No. 2 doubles slot. Saar then picked up her singles win, 6-2, 6-1, over Wolf at No. 3 singles.
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Juniors
Hannah Seebold (New Columbia, Pa./Milton Area) and
Emily Wolfgang (Allenwood, Pa./Montgomery Area) downed Lily Spagnola and Kat Franzone, 8-1, in No. 1 doubles. Junior
Haley Seebold (New Columbia, Pa./Milton Area) and sophomore
Sarah Lanphear (Chittenango, N.Y./Chittenango) finished off Megan Fielder and Brittany Schultz, 8-1, at No. 3 doubles.
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Junior
Hyori Iai (Zushi, Japan/Yokohama Science Frontier) earned her first victory in the No. 6 singles spot with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Corinne O'Connor. At No. 1 singles,
Hannah Seebold defeated Spagnola, 6-0, 6-2. Wolfgang topped Franzone, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 2. Kelchner took a 6-0, 6-0 win over Browning in the No. 4 spot and Lanphear quickly took care of Schultz, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 5.
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The Warriors advance to 5-4 and Cedar Crest falls to 0-4.
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The Warriors return to the court on Saturday, April 1, when they host Arcadia University to open MAC Freedom action at 2 p.m. in Brandon Park.
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