Women's Tennis 4/2/2017 9:03:00 PM

Blue Jays capture 6-3 win at Scranton

Results

SCRANTON, Pa. -- Elizabethtown College women's tennis got back on track in Landmark Conference play, going on the road to defeat Scranton 6-3 Sunday for its first league win of the season.

The two-time defending Landmark champion Blue Jays were upset by Drew last weekend, ending a 47-match conference regular season winning streak, but got redemption against the Royals (2-6, 0-1 Landmark).

Elizabethtown jumped out to a commanding 3-0 lead by capturing all three doubles matches.

Sophomores Amber Burd and Laura Gribble secured E-town's (4-4, 1-1) first point with an 8-3 win over Katherine Loughlin and Emily Kelly at third doubles.

The senior tandem of Taylor Helsel and Madison McCall, playing together for the first time this season after going 15-4 in 2015-16, held off Julia Frattaroli and Nastashia DeNunzio, 8-6, at No. 1.

Freshman Lenea Riehl and sophomore Meghan Chemidlin also paired up for the first time with positive results. Riehl and Chemidlin collected an 8-5 victory over Emily Machado and Emilia Jakubek at No. 2.

Helsel put the Jays a point from the win with an epic rally in the third set of her first singles match against Frattaroli. She won the first set 6-3, before Frattaroli swept the second 6-0 and took a commanding 5-1 lead in the third. Helsel stormed back to tie the set, 5-5, and eventually pulled out the win in a tiebreaker 7-6 (8).

Scranton got within 4-2 as Machado won No. 3 singles and DeNunzio No. 2 singles, but Burd took care of Elyse Smilnak 6-2, 6-3 at No. 5 and Chemidlin improved to 11-1 with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Jakubek at No. 4 to clinch the match for Elizabethtown.

The Blue Jays have a light start to the week before finishing with a flurry of three matches in three days. The first of those is a non-conference makeup at Muhlenberg Friday at 4 p.m.

Elizabethtown 6, Scranton 3
April 2, 2017 at Scranton, Pa. (Royal Courts)

Singles competition

1. Taylor Helsel (ETOWN) def. Julia Frattaroli (SCR) 6-3, 0-6, 7-6 (10-8)

2. Nastashia DeNunzio (SCR) def. Madison McCall (ETOWN) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3

3. Emily Machado (SCR) def. Lenea Riehl (ETOWN) 7-5, 6-3

4. Meghan Chemidlin (ETOWN) def. Emilia Jakubek (SCR) 6-3, 6-1

5. Amber Burd (ETOWN) def. Elyse Smilnak (SCR) 6-2, 6-3

6. Sakira Fussner (SCR) def. Laura Gribble (ETOWN) 7-6 (7-1), 6-3

Doubles competition

1. Taylor Helsel/Madison McCall (ETOWN) def. Julia Frattaroli/Nastashia DeNunzio (SCR) 8-6

2. Lenea Riehl/Meghan Chemidlin (ETOWN) def. Emily Machado/Emilia Jakubek (SCR) 8-5

3. Amber Burd/Laura Gribble (ETOWN) def. Katherine Loughlin/Emily Kelly (SCR) 8-3

Match Notes

Elizabethtown 4-4, 1-1 Landmark

Scranton 2-6, 0-1 Landmark

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (3,1,2,5,4,6)

Landmark Conference match

T-4:40 A-25

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Players Mentioned

Amber Burd: 5' 3"; Sophomore

Meghan Chemidlin: 5' 3"; Sophomore

Laura Gribble: 5' 3"; Sophomore

Taylor Helsel: 5' 4"; Senior

Madison McCall: 5' 2"; Senior

Lenea Riehl: 5' 5"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Amber Burd
: 5' 3"; Sophomore

Meghan Chemidlin
: 5' 3"; Sophomore

Laura Gribble
: 5' 3"; Sophomore

Taylor Helsel
: 5' 4"; Senior

Madison McCall
: 5' 2"; Senior

Lenea Riehl
: 5' 5"; Freshman