CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Making a clean with doubles and singles wins, junior Haley Seebold (New Columbia, Pa./Milton Area) and sophomore Sarah Lanphear (Chittenango, N.Y./Chittenango) led the Lycoming College women's tennis team in a 5-4 setback to DeSales University on Saturday, April 22, at the DeSales Tennis Courts, as Lycoming still managed to clinch a spot in next week's MAC Freedom Championship during the match.
 
The Warriors, 8-8 overall and 3-4 in the MAC Freedom, enter the MAC Freedom Women's Tennis Championship as the No. 4 seed, traveling to No. 1 Stevens Institute of Technology on Wednesday, April 26.
 
Seebold and Lanphear forced a tiebreaker at No. 3 doubles, as they faced off against Lindsay Shoemaker and Tara Clark, winning 8-7 (9).
 
The No. 2 doubles team of junior Hannah Seebold (New Columbia, Pa./Milton Area) and sophomore Rei Saar (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Ara) also grabbed the Warriors a win as they downed Alyssa Vandenberge and Hope Hoppe, 8-5.
 
Haley Seebold defeated Shoemaker in three sets, taking the first 6-4, falling in the second, 2-6, before coming back and winning the final, 6-4, at No. 5 singles. Lanphear in the No. 6 spot, finished Clark, 6-1, 6-0. Lanphear sits third on the team with an 11-7 singles record.
 
DeSales was able to edge the Warriors in the match, though, thanks to a pair of three-set wins at No. 3 and No. 4 singles.
 
The Warriors finished tied for fourth in the MAC Freedom with Arcadia, earning the No. 4 seed thanks to a 5-4 win over the Knights on April 1.