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HILTON HEAD, S.C. – The Gettysburg College women's tennis team beat a team from Ohio on each of the first two days of its spring trip. The Bullets picked up a 7-2 victory over Mount Union College on Sunday, March 7, and followed up with sweep (9-0) of Ohio Wesleyan University on Monday.
Gettysburg (3-1) only suffered one loss in singles action against Mount Union (3-1) as senior
Kelly Eurich (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) was upended in three sets by Kacey Huff 6-3, 4-6, 10-6. The Bullets swept the remaining solo competitions with junior
Katie Taylor (Ocean City, Md./Worcester Prep) dropping only one game at No. 2 (6-1, 6-0) and sophomore Kylle O'Sullivan (Worcester, Mass./Worcester Academy) and freshman
Lydia MacKenzie (Bedford, N.H./Derry School) each winning 6-1, 6-1 at third and sixth singles, respectively.
Closing out Gettysburg's singles wins over the Purple Raiders was a pair of freshmen.
Laura Habecker (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Country Day School) defeated Courtney Adamsky 6-4, 6-1 at No. 4 and
Kelsey Boyce (Arrowsic, Maine/Morse) won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 5.
In doubles action, Boyce and MacKenzie easily won at the third spot 8-1 and O'Sullivan teamed with first-year
Meghan Fornshell (Westport, Conn./Academy of Our Lady Mercy) for an 8-4 win at No. 2.
With senior
Meghan Kelly (Easton, Conn./Kent School) joining the team on Monday, the lineup changed slightly with even better results as the Bullets swept Ohio Wesleyan. Eurich and Taylor earned decisive straight-set wins at the top of the lineup, the former winning 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 and the latter earning a 6-1, 6-2 victory at No. 2. Kelly posted a two-set sweep over Erin Cohn at No. 4 (6-3, 6-4).
The remaining three singles matches all went to a third set with O'Sullivan and Habecker rebounding from second-set losses to win at No. 3 (6-1, 4-6, 10-2) and No. 5 (6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 10-5), respectively. MacKenzie won her final two frames for a 4-6, 6-3, 10-6 decision at No. 6.
Kelly and Taylor resumed their annual partnership at the top of the doubles lineup and won 8-5. Eurich teamed with Boyce at the second slot and had little trouble en route to an 8-2 decision, while O'Sullivan and Fornshell dropped down to the third flight and won 8-6.
Next up for the Bullets on their spring trip is NAIA University of Saint Francis (Ind.) on Tuesday, March 9, at 8 a.m.