The Ladies tennis team dominated in its first home match since spring break, beating Baldwin-Wallace College 9-0 on March 23.
Initially, the match looked to be the women's first match outside because of the beautiful weather. Ohio, however, had other plans, and as it started to rain, the women finished up the end of their singles and all of their doubles matches inside the Jasper Tennis Center.
Still, the Ladies brought their best against the Yellow Jackets, according to Assistant Coach Lynne Schneebeck.
"The Ladies played extremely well against Baldwin-Wallace College for the entire match," Schneebeck said. "None of our players lost more than two games in any set, showing our dominance against the Yellow Jackets."
The Ladies started off strong with decisive and quick wins in all singles matches. The first off the court were Lydia Winkler '13 (6-2, 6-0) at three, Carly Bond '12 (6-1, 6-1) at four and Amanda Polster '13 (6-2, 6-2) at two. Samantha Betts '14 (6-1, 6-0) at five and Stephanie White '13 (6-0, 6-0) at six were not far behind.
Amy Schlessman '13, playing one of the more competitive players of the match at one, finished her match 6-2, 6-0 bringing the Ladies into the doubles with a resolute 6-0 lead.
The Ladies' skill was clearly miles above that of the Yellow Jackets, but Schlessman said playing less talented teams can be challenging in its own way.
"Everyone on the team was very focused and we played well," Schlessman said. "In my match, I was playing against some unorthodox tennis and had to make sure to stay focused to get the job done. Everyone did that very well on Friday."
At doubles, the Ladies swept the Yellow Jackets with as much force as they did singles, with Schlessman and Polster at one 8-2, Bond and Anna Becker '12 at two 8-1 and Winkler and Abigail Younger '15 at three 8-1.
The Ladies played again on Tuesday, March 27 at Ohio Northern University. Unfortunately, they could not pull out a decisive outcome to match Friday's and ended with a final score of 3-6.
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