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Women's Tennis

Women's Tennis Drops Season Opener to Adrian

Box Score ORLANDO, Fla. - Eastern Women's Tennis lost to Adrian Monday afternoon 7-2. The Eagles won two singles matches but failed to claim a win in the doubles matches.

Kelly Archibald and Laura Thomas battled hard in their doubles match against Adrian's (2-1) Arielle Williams and Renae Almasy but fell 8-5. 

Emma Paugh won the first match of the day for Eastern (0-1) during the singles matches. Paug defeated Almasy 6-4 and 6-0 to give the Eagles their first point of the day. "Emma played a great match this afternoon," said Head Coach Mark Spangler. "She played great from the baseline and did a great job of capitalizing on her opportunities." 

Hannah Reed capped off the scoring for Eastern winning a tough three-set match coming back after falling behind 3-6 after the first set. Reed went on to win the next two sets 7-5 and the super tiebreaker 10-3. "Hannah played arguably the best match of her career today," continued Spangler. " She played outstanding defense and came back to claim a big win." 

"We need to learn from today and continue to get better," concluded Spangler.

Eastern travel to Alvernia on March 23rd for a 3:30 pm match.   
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Players Mentioned

Emma Paugh

Emma Paugh

First Year
Laura Thomas

Laura Thomas

Junior
Hannah Reed

Hannah Reed

Junior
Kelly Archibald

Kelly Archibald

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Emma Paugh

Emma Paugh

First Year
Laura Thomas

Laura Thomas

Junior
Hannah Reed

Hannah Reed

Junior
Kelly Archibald

Kelly Archibald

Sophomore