Posted: Sep 04, 2016
POULTNEY, Vt. - The Johnson State College women's tennis team defeated Green Mountain College 8-1 on Sunday afternoon.
With the win, the Badgers improve to 2-0 on the season, while Green Mountain falls to 0-1
Doubles
Johnson opened up the match with Katerina Van Woerkom (Miami, Fla.) and Nicole Monick (Bennington, Vt.) taking the top flight doubles pairing against Alex Reedy and Paige Vlahos, 8-2. Claire Chapman and Janelle O'Conell held an early advantage in their doubles match for the Eagles, but were unable to finish the match getting edged out 8-5 by Kali Covell (Hartford, Vt.) and partner Sam Kershner (Essex, Vt.). The Badgers' duo of Jana Somero (St. Albans, Vt.) and Mikayla Messier (Sheldon, Vt.) shutout Lauren Coye and Ruby Santiago, 8-0.
Singles
Van Woerkom earned another win in top flight action claiming a pair of 6-0 set wins over Reedy. Somero also claimed a straight sets victory over Vlahos in number two singles with two 6-1 set victories.
In third flight singles action, O'Connell earned a 6-0, 6-2 victory for the Eagles over Monick.
Johnson's Covell and GMC's Chapman played a hard fought match in number four singles with each player winning one before Covell took the final pro set to earn a 6-2, 3-6, 10-5 win.
Ashley Fogg (White River Junction, Vt.) took fifth flight singles with a 6-3, 6-1 win while Jordan Miller (Stowe, Vt.) claimed the final singles match with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Neng Hseng Leng Wann.
NEXT UP
The Badgers host Lyndon State on Wednesday, September 7, in a match set for a 3:30 PM start.