By: Tony Miller
WINONA LAKE, Ind. — The Goshen College women's tennis team won a pair of doubles matches against the same opponent for the second time this season on Saturday, but that momentum fizzled in singles competition as the Maple Leafs lost 6-1 to both Grace College and Huntington University at the Miller Field complex on the Grace campus.
The Maple Leafs (0-9, 0-6) split a pair of tiebreakers with the Lancers (5-0, 4-0) in singles competition: Goshen's Sarah Hinshaw topped Morgan Mast 10-6 in the match tiebreak after losing a tight 7-5 third set, but Grace's Lydia Ruegsegger came back from a one-set deficit to top Szofia Kallai at the top spot.
In the Huntington match, Hinshaw and classmate Hannah McCoy posted a 6-3 win at no. 1 doubles while Kallai and Meaghan Godzisz backed that up with a 6-1 victory at no. 2. On the singles side, however, Goshen came up empty: Hinshaw swept a first-set tiebreak at no. 3 and lost in the match tiebreak for the best showing of the day.
Huntington improves to 3-6 overall and 2-4 in conference play.
GC returns to action with its final league tri-match of the season on Tuesday at Marian. The Maple Leafs will meet Bethel University at 1 p.m. in a U.S. Highway 20 Cup match before closing out the conference season at 4:30 p.m. against the host Knights.
Full Results – Match 1: Grace 6, Goshen 1
Singles
1. Lydia Ruegsegger (Gr) def. Szofia Kallai 3-6, 6-0, (10-7)
2. Anna Graves (Gr) def. Meaghan Godzisz 6-1, 6-0
3. Sarah Hinshaw (Go) def. Morgan Mast 6-1, 5-7, (10-6)
4. Lauryn Riegsecker (Gr) def. Hannah McCoy 6-2, 6-3
5. Jenna Lewis (Gr) def. Anna Osborne 6-2, 6-0
6. Kiersten Martin (Gr) def. Naomi Lapp Klassen 6-0, 6-1
Doubles – Grace won team point 3-0
1. Martin/Ruegsegger (Gr) def. Hinshaw/McCoy 6-3
2. Graves/Riegsecker (Gr) def. Godzisz/Kallai 6-2
3. Lewis/Mast (Gr) def. Victoria Oakes/Osborne 6-2
Full Results – Match 2: Huntington 6, Goshen 1
Singles
1. Esther Bolon (HU) def. Kallai 6-3, 1-0, retired
2. Morgan Fitzpatrick (HU) def. Godzisz 6-2, 6-2
3. Holly Schlatter (HU) def. Hinshaw 6-7(0), 7-5, (10-5)
4. Courtney Rich (HU) def. McCoy 6-0, 6-1
5. Makenzie Logan (HU) def. Osborne 7-6(2), 6-4
6. Nina Golfier (HU) def. Lapp Klassen 6-1
Doubles – Goshen won team point 2-1
1. Hinshaw/McCoy (GC) def. Fitzpatrick/Schlatter 6-3
2. Godzisz/Kallai (GC) def. Golfier/Logan 6-1
3. Bolon/Rich (HU) def. Oakes/Osborne 6-0