SCRANTON, Pa. – The Mount Saint Mary College women’s tennis team split a pair of non-conference matches over the weekend to move to 2-1 on the season. The Knights lost to Marywood University, 5-4, on Sunday, but rebounded to defeat Misericordia University by a score of 8-1 on Monday.
The Marywood match was tied at 4-4 with only one point left to be decided at fifth singles. Mount sophomore
Jen Gregory (Albertson, N.Y.) battled for nearly three hours before eventually falling 7-5 in the third set. Gregory had won the first set, 8-6 in a tiebreaker, before losing the second set, 6-3.
Sophomore
Gabriela Murphy-Goldberg (Newburgh, N.Y.) and senior
Lindsay Searle (Farmington, Conn.) claimed singles points at the top of the lineup. Murphy-Goldberg cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 win at first, while Searle edged her opponent at second, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). Sophomore
Emily Gregory (Albertson, N.Y.) claimed a singles point at the sixth position, rolling to a 6-0, 6-2.
The Knights were able to win just one of the three doubles points, as Murphy-Goldberg and Emily Gregory teamed for an 8-2 win in the first position.
On Monday, the Mount jumped out to a big lead with a sweep of the doubles play. The Knights went unchallenged in three matches, yielding a total of just five games.
In singles action, Murphy-Goldberg claimed a 6-0, 6-2 victory at first singles, while Searle nabbed a 7-5, 6-0 decision at two. Freshman
Jaimee Lubniewski (Middletown, N.Y.) earned a 6-1, 6-0 win at third singles, while the Gregory twins took points at fifth and sixth. Emily was a 6-1, 6-0 winner at fifth, while Jen took a 6-0, 6-3 decision at sixth.
The Knights return to action on Saturday, September 11 with a road trip to St. Joseph’s College. The match is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.