Amber Burd vs. Lycoming 9/15/18
0
Penn State Harrisburg PSH (0-2)
9
Winner Elizabethtown ETOWN (2-0)
Penn State Harrisburg PSH
(0-2)
0
Final
9
Elizabethtown ETOWN
(2-0)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Blue Jays tame Nittany Lions

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. -- The Elizabethtown College women's tennis team completed a perfect weekend by sweeping Penn State Harrisburg, 9-0, at the Alumni Courts on Sunday afternoon.

Lenea Riehl and Kailey Caroland put the Blue Jays in front early with an 8-2 victory at first doubles against the Nittany Lions' Sydney Nye and Makiya Binion.

Elizabethtown also cruised at second doubles, where Meghan Chemidlin and Amber Burd were 8-1 winners over Harrisburg's Courney Bennett and Elysse Mellott. Freshman Madelyn Binder teamed with Laura Gribble for an 8-6 win at third doubles.

Singles wins by Chemidlin and Burd secured the desired result for the Blue Jays (2-0). Chemidlin didn't drop a game in a 6-0, 6-0 win over Claire Hackenberg at third singles. The senior moved past 80 career combined wins (47 singles, 34 doubles) with a two-win day.

Burd hit 50 career wins (29 singles, 21 doubles) with a 6-4, 6-1 victory against Mellott in the fourth singles match.

No. 2 Caroland (6-4, 6-0 over Maria Torre) and No. 6 Gribble (6-3, 6-4 over Soorya Chitibabu) were also straight set winners for Elizabethtown.

No. 1 Riehl and No. 5 Binder had to go to super tiebreakers, but each prevailed. Riehl downed Nye 5-7, 6-3, 10-6 and Binder grabbed her first career singles win 6-4, 2-6, 12-10.

The Blue Jays will play twice next weekend to wrap up their non-traditional fall season. E-town travels to Albright on Saturday and hosts York (Pa.) Sunday.
 
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