Women’s Tennis

Category: Women’s Tennis

Hamilton shuts out Vikings

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Hamilton College women’s tennis team downed Lawrence University 9-0 in a nonconference match on Thursday.

Complete results listed below.

Hamilton College 9, Lawrence University 0

Singles competition
1. Mira Khanna (HC) def. Christina Schaupp (LU) 6-3, 6-0
2. Bella Schoning (HC) def. Jennifer Roesch (LU) 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
3. Liz Detwiler (HC) def. Ali Heiring (LU) 6-1, 6-0
4. Carrie Uhlein (HC) def. Tess Vogel (LU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Rachel Friedman (HC) def. Melissa Heeren (LU) 6-1, 6-2
6. Sara Shaughnessy (HC) def. Brenna Decker (LU) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Liz Detwiler/Meg Lee (HC) def. Christina Schaupp/Jennifer Roesch (LU) 8-2
2. Bella Schoning/Vrinda Khanna (HC) def. Ali Heiring/Tess Vogel (LU) 8-4
3. Melissa Mann/Aislinn Shea (HC) def. Brenna Decker/Allison Juda (LU) 8-4

Match Notes:
Lawrence University 8-10
Hamilton College 6-1
T-2:30  A-25

Lawrence edged by Tigers

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Lawrence University women’s tennis team dropped a 5-4 nonconference decision to Colorado College on Monday.

Lawrence (8-8) trailed 2-1 after the doubles competition, but the Vikings did pick up a win at No. 1. Christina Schaupp and Jennifer Roesch teamed up for an 8-4 victory over Mary Erdman and Katie Patterson.

Schaupp also earned a 7-6, (7-4), 6-3 win over Erdman at No. 1 singles. Lawrence’s Ali Heiring beat Maddy Bush 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (12-10) at No. 3, and Brenna Decker downed Rachel Severson 6-1, 6-4 at No. 6.

The Tigers (3-4) got singles wins at Nos. 2, 4 and 5, including a win at No. 4 that went to a super tiebreaker, to pull out the match victory.

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Vikings finish seventh at MWC Championships

MADISON, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s tennis team finished seventh at the Midwest Conference Championships this weekend at Nielsen Tennis Stadium.

The top finishers for the Vikings were Hannah Geoffrey and Melissa Heeren and the team of Christina Schaupp and Tess Vogel, who all reached the championship semifinals of their respective flights.

Geoffrey, playing at No. 3 singles, won her first-round match against Cornell College’s Samantha DeGannes in three sets, including a tiebreaker in the third. She then topped Grace Dowling of Lake Forest College 6-2, 6-4 before falling to eventual champion Constanza Alarcon of Grinnell College in the semifinals 6-0, 6-1.

At No. 6 singles, Heeren beat Knox College’s Emiley Brand 6-0, 6-1 in her first-round match and then downed Lake Forest’s Emily Rabin 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. Heeren lost to eventual champion Julia Rumley of Grinnell in straight sets in the semifinals.

Schaupp and Vogel opened with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Cornell in the quarterfinals at No. 3 doubles but dropped a 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-4 decision to Carroll in the semifinals.

Ali Heiring won a consolation title at No. 4 singles. After losing her quarterfinal match, Heiring came back to beat Aimee Neilan of Knox in the consolation semifinals and then defeated Monmouth College’s Haylee Gustafson 8-0 in the consolation final.

Grinnell won the title during Friday’s team tournament, and Lake Forest was second. Carroll and St. Norbert tied for third, and Cornell was fifth with 33 points, Beloit College was sixth with 28 and Lawrence was seventh with 27. Knox was eighth, Monmouth took ninth, Illinois College was 10th and Ripon finished last.

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Inside LU Athletics: Women’s tennis set for MWC Championships

This is the end of the fall season for the Lawrence University women’s tennis team, but it’s a beginning for the Vikings as well.

Lawrence heads into this weekend’s Midwest Conference Championships at Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison looking for a strong finish to the fall season and build some momentum for the spring campaign.

“We don’t have any seniors playing so it’s good experience for everyone,” Lawrence coach Kevin Girard said. “It’s matches to improve and to look forward to the spring season.”

The Vikings failed to qualify for the four-team MWC Tournament for the first time in three seasons, but Lawrence is still shooting for the best finish it can muster.

“We just want to finish as high as we can, which is fifth,” said Girard, pointing out the four teams in the MWC Tournament on Friday are guaranteed the top four spots.

“Fifth is what we’re going for, but we can get more points than (one of the tournament teams), that’s one of our goals as well.”

Doubles competition is set for Saturday, and the championships finish with singles on Sunday.

“Honestly, if everyone plays as well as they can, they can do a ton of damage in their draws. One through six, we all have a shot,” Girard said.

Sophomore Christina Schaupp, the defending conference champion at No. 4 singles, is playing No. 1 for the Vikings this season and enters the weekend with a 5-9 overall record. Next in the lineup is junior Gayatri Malhotra, who is 10-2 overall and 4-2 since moving up to No. 2 singles last month.

“Gayatri’s tough,” Girard said. “She’s not a fun one to play against, that’s for sure. She doesn’t blow anyone out, but she’s hard to beat. When she gets into a groove, she hits as hard as anyone in the conference. If she gets into that groove against you, you’re in trouble.”

The Vikings round out the singles lineup with sophomore Hannah Geoffrey (9-4), freshman Ali Heiring (8-5), junior Polly Dalton (8-4) and sophomore Melissa Heeren (3-5).

The Vikings team Geoffrey and Heiring at No. 1 doubles, Malhotra and Dalton at No. 2 and Schaupp and sophomore Tess Vogel at No. 3. Geoffrey and Heiring are 8-3 overall and 3-2 since moving to the No. 1 spot.

“If Hannah and Ali are on, they can beat anybody,” Girard said. “Gayatri and Polly are really tough, and Tess and Christina are also playing well.”

Malhotra and Dalton are 8-4 and 5-3 since moving up to No. 2. That’s not bad, especially considering Malhotra had not played very little doubles in college until this season.

“Gayatri is a natural singles player, but this year she has really embraced doubles,” Girard said. “She loves the baseline. She loves her groundstrokes, but she is really working on her footwork and her hands.”

Given the changes in the doubles lineup, Malhotra and Dalton could prove to be a tough out for anyone in the conference.

“Seeding is going to be interesting. They are kind of the wild cards,” Girard said. “You don’t want to draw them in the first round, that’s for sure.”

Clean sweep

For the first time in the brief three-year history of the Gene Davis Invitational, Lawrence won both the men’s and women’s races last Saturday at Reid Golf Course. Junior Curran Carlile won the men’s race for the second time in three seasons, and freshman Clare Bruning took the top spot in the women’s race for her first collegiate title. Lawrence also took the men’s team title.

Nine is fine

The Lawrence women’s tennis team defeated Ripon College 9-0 last Friday, and that marks the second consecutive season Lawrence has shut out the rival Red Hawks. The Vikings now have a record nine consecutive wins over Ripon.

Editor’s Note: Inside LU Athletics is a notes package written by Lawrence University Director of Athletic Media Relations Joe Vanden Acker. It will feature teams and individual players, recap weekly awards or highlights and take a look at what’s ahead for the Vikings.

Green Knights edge Lawrence 5-4

The St. Norbert College women’s tennis team won four of the six singles matches to pull out a 5-4 Midwest Conference North Division victory over Lawrence University on Sunday at the Lawrence Courts.

Lawrence (8-6, 2-2 MWC) got doubles victories from Gayatri Malhotra and Polly Dalton at No. 2 and from Christina Schaupp and Tess Vogel at No. 3.

Malhotra also picked up a dominating win at No. 2 singles and Hannah Geoffrey won a supertiebreaker to pull out the victory at No. 3 singles.

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Vikings blank Ripon 9-0

The Lawrence University women’s tennis team rolled to a 9-0 Midwest Conference North Division victory over Ripon College on Friday.

The Vikings (8-5, 2-1 MWC) dropped only four games total in the three doubles matches to race out to a 3-0 lead in the match. Lawrence swept the singles with both Christina Schaupp at No. 1 and Gayatri Malhotra at No. 2 winning 6-0, 6-0.

This marks the second consecutive year that Lawrence has shut out the Red Hawks, and it’s the Vikings’ ninth straight win over Ripon.

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Pioneers top Lawrence 6-3

WAUKESHA, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s tennis team dropped a 6-3 Midwest Conference North Division match at Carroll University on Wednesday.

Lawrence won one of the doubles matches and two of the singles contests. Hannah Geoffrey and Ali Heiring won 8-2 at No. 1 doubles, and Geoffrey also posted a 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 3 singles. Heiring came through with a 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 4 singles for the Vikings (7-5, 1-1 MWC).

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Lawrence blanks Fighting Scots 9-0

The Lawrence University women’s tennis team blanked a short-handed Monmouth College squad 9-0 on Saturday at the Lawrence Courts.

Lawrence didn’t lose a game in doubles and dropped only four games total in singles.

Hannah Geoffrey and Ali Heiring won 8-0 at No. 1 doubles, and Polly Dalton and Gayatri Malhotra were 8-0 winners at No. 2. Megan Occhino and Perrin Tourangeau won by default at No. 3.

The Vikings rolled through the singles, highlighted by Allison Juda’s 6-0, 6-0 victory over Christine Peterson at No. 4.

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