LAKELAND, Fla. – The Lee University women's tennis team posted a 7-2 win over John Carroll University Monday morning at the Kelly Recreation Complex. The non-conference date was the first of three spring break matches scheduled in the Orlando area for the Lady Flames (5-2).
Laura Beth Hardesty and Nicole Shennett opened the team scoring with an 8-1 defeat of Allyssa Krupp and Skye Harwood at No. 3 doubles. Carley Sickinger and Joanna Grzegrzolka were 8-3 winners over Carlye Campagna and Jennifer Stroyne.
John Carroll (3-2) avoided the doubles sweep with a win at No. 1 doubles. Lauren O'Malley and Madisyn Rini posted an 8-3 advantage against Francesca Tondi and Marta Garcia-Nieto.
Sickinger put Lee back up two points with a 6-0, 6-1 defeat of Nicolette Bourlas. Garcia-Nieto put Lee on the verge of clinching the team match with a 6-0, 6-0 rout of Rini. Grzegrzolka was a 6-2 and 6-1 winner against Molly Traverso to secure the team win.
Tondi won her opening set, 6-4, against O'Malley, but was shutout 6-0 in the second set to necessitate a third set. In a superset tie-breaker, Tondi outscored O'Malley 10-1 to win the No. 1 singles match.
Natalie Bourlas stopped Lee's run of singles wins with a 6-1, 6-2 win against Shennett at No. 6 singles. Hardesty used a 7-2 tie-breaker to win her first set and set the final team margin with a 6-1 second set score to beat Krupp.
The Lady Flames are set to play Missouri Western State University on Tuesday at the USTA National Campus with first serve at 7 p.m.
LEE UNIVERSITY 7, JOHN CARROLL 2
Singles competition
1. Francesca Tondi (LEE-W) def. Lauren O'Malley (JCU-W) 6-4, 0-6, 10-1
2. Marta Garcia-Nieto (LEE-W) def. Madisyn Rini (JCU-W) 6-0, 6-0
3. Carley Sickinger (LEE-W) def. Nicolette Bourlas (JCU-W) 6-0, 6-1
4. Joanna Grzegrzolka (LEE-W) def. Molly Traverso (JCU-W) 6-2, 6-1
5. Laura Beth Hardesty (LEE-W) def. Allyssa Krupp (JCU-W) 7-6 (7-2), 6-1
6. Natalie Bourlas (JCU-W) def. Nicole Shennett (LEE-W) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Lauren O'Malley/Madisyn Rini (JCU-W) def. Francesca Tondi/Marta Garcia-Nieto (LEE-W) 8-3
2. Carley Sickinger/Joanna Grzegrzolka (LEE-W) def. Carlye Campagna/Jennifer Stroyne (JCU-W) 8-3
3. Laura Beth Hardesty/Nicole Shennett (LEE-W) def. Allyssa Krupp/Skye Harwood (JCU-W) 8-1