GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Indiana University Kokomo women's tennis team competed in Grand Rapids, Michigan Friday afternoon against Calvin University. The Cougars lost 8-1, using D-III scoring.
DOUBLES
1. Schellenboom/Grissom (CU) def.
Gabbie Orlando/
Larissa O'Rourke (IUK) 8-2
2. Shoemaker/Ganop (CU) def.
Reiley Hiser/
Andrea Saylor (IUK) 8-6
3. Holman/Hooker (CU) def.
Lillianne Fishero/
Chloe Schmidt (IUK) 8-0
SINGLES
1.
Gabbie Orlando (IUK) def. Schellenboom (CU) 7-5, 6-4
2. Holman (CU) def.
Larissa O'Rourke (IUK) 6-0, 6-2
3. Grissom (CU) def.
Reiley Hiser (IUK) 6-4, 6-3
4. Shoemaker (CU) def.
Andrea Saylor (IUK) 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-6)
5. Baker (CU) def.
Lillianne Fishero (IUK) 6-3, 6-0
6. Ganop (CU) def.
Chloe Schmidt (IUK) 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 1-0 (10-6)
Using NCAA D-III scoring, each doubles match counts as a point with their being nine total points between the singles and doubles matches. Calvin won #1 & #3 doubles handily, but the #2 doubles duo of
Reiley Hiser and
Andrea Saylor were the last off the court, as they competed well in dropping a tight set, 8-6. Calvin led 3-0 after the doubles matches.
IU Kokomo got their lone point of the match at #1 singles, but the #4 & #6 singles matches both were lost in three sets. Senior
Gabbie Orlando won 7-5, 6-4 at #1 singles, but by that point Calvin had clinched a match win. Orlando's win made it 6-1 Calvin, with #5 & #6 singles still on court.
Andrea Saylor, playing #4 singles for the Cougs, dropped the opening set 6-4 before bouncing back to win the second set 6-0. Saylor fell in the third-set super-tiebreaker, 10-6.
#6 singles player
Chloe Schmidt also lost the first set before winning the second set in dominant fashion. Schmidt lost the opening set in a tiebreaker just to win the second 6-1 and force a third-set super-tiebreaker. Chloe would drop a hard fought tiebreak, 10-6.
The Cougars will return to the courts on Monday, as they are set to host IU East at their home courts at Taylor High School. First serve is set for 3:00 PM.
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