The Westminster women's tennis team opened up conference play with a 6-3 win over Greenville College. The win brings the Westminster Blue Jays to 2-4 overall and starts them off with a 1-0 record in conference play.
The Blue Jays took a 2-1 lead after doubles as Westminster took wins at No. 1 and No. 2. The freshman Sydney Attebery and senior Jessica Klutts duo won their doubles competition in the one spot, 8-6. Sophomore Payton Beeler and junior Ellen Woolsey defeated their oppenents in the two spot with a 8-4 decision.
In singles play, Klutts swept her opponent in the two spot by letting her opponent have just one point. The final scores were 6-0 and 6-1. In the no. three spot, Beeler won 6-2, 6-4. Freshman Laural Royer won her first set, 7-6, but dropped the second, 2-6. In the tiebreaker round, he won 10-5. Freshman Kelsey Gerlach won the final point for the Blue Jays in the six spot with a 6-1, 6-1 win.
The Blue Jays continue their conference schedule with an away match versus Blackburn College on Saturday, April 9.
Results
Westminster College 6, Greenville College 3
Apr 08, 2016 at Fulton, Mo. (Elder Tennis Courts)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Lexi Baysinger (GCWT) def. Sydney Attebery (WCWT) 6-3, 6-2 |
| 2. Jessica Klutts (WCWT) def. Anna Brannon (GCWT) 6-0, 6-1 |
| 3. Payton Beeler (WCWT) def. Emilie Britt (GCWT) 6-2, 6-4 |
| 4. Laural Royer (WCWT) def. Allison Fennewald (GCWT) 7-6, 2-6, 1-0 (10-5) |
| 5. Emily Rauch (GCWT) def. Ellen Woolsey (WCWT) 7-5, 6-4 |
| 6. Kelsey Gerlach (WCWT) def. Abby Maurer (GCWT) 6-1, 6-1 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Sydney Attebery/Jessica Klutts (WCWT) def. Lexi Baysinger/Anna Brannon (GCWT) 8-6 |
| 2. Payton Beeler/Ellen Woolsey (WCWT) def. Emily Rauch/Emilie Britt (GCWT) 8-4 |
| 3. Gianna Paden/Abby Maurer (GCWT) def. Laural Royer/Kelsey Gerlach (WCWT) 8-5 |
