Garnet Womens Tennis Headed to Finals
BALTIMORE, Md. -- Swarthmore freshman Alexis Hickman clinched the 5-2 win against Muhlenberg in the Centennial Conference women's semi-final match on Friday afternoon at the Johns Hopkins Tennis Courts.
Swarthmore No. 1 doubles team Jennie Park ’09 (Rockford, Ill. / Guilford) and Rachel Wallwork ’10 (Washington, D.C. / Georgetown Day) were the first Garnet win of the afternoon. The two remained undefeated picking up their seventh Centennial with a score of 8-3 over Jen Powell and Carly Rotfeld.
Muhlenberg pair Danielle Winston and Lindsay Schmidt fought back to defeat Swarthmore’s Jamie Midyette ’08 (Chesapeake, Va. / Western Branch) and Alexis Hickman ’11 (Vienna, Va. / George C. Marshall) (pictured left) with a score of 8-5 at No. 3 doubles.
The Garnet ended doubles with a second win with senior Erica Lukoski (Shoreham, N.Y. / Shoreham-Wading River) and freshman Luann Cignavitch (Charleston, S.C. / Porter-Gaud School) beating the Mule’s No. 2 doubles team Caitie Druker and Sutker with a score of 9-7.
The Garnet entered singles play up 2-1, and pushed their lead to 3-1 when Wallwork downed Powell in No. 1 singles with scores of 6-0 and 6-2.
Sutker brought the Mules deficit to one with scores of 6-3 and 6-1, defeating Lukoski in No. 4 singles.
Midyette pushed the overall score to 4-2 after winning at the number four spot over Rotfeld with scored of 6-3 and 6-4.
In No. 6 singles action Swarthmore’s Hickman clinched the match decision when she downed Jaquelyn Magner with scores of 6-1 and 6-1.
The Garnet will return to Baltimore on Sunday, April 27th to take on top seed Johns Hopkins. The 2008 Centennial Conference Championship final game is set for 11:00 a.m. at the Johns Hopkins Tennis Courts.
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