Lyndon women's tennis eeked out a 5-4 conference win against the Johnson State women's tennis Wednesday afternoon at the Dudley Bell Tennis Center. Johnson slips to 1-4 overall while the Hornets improve to 2-3 on the season.
In doubles action, the Hornet team of Kayla Flynn and Kelly Butler defeated Deanna Brandstetter and Annette Kaminski 8-6 in the No. 1 matchup. In second flight singles, Lyndon's Olivia Bernard and Alexandria Maynard beat Maegan Ploof and Kate Murphy 8-4 and the Badger tandem of Clarisse Talley and Eden Towers avoided the sweep for Johnson (1-4, 0-1) with an 8-5 win over Alexa Richard and Carina Alden in No. 3 doubles.
In first singles, Flynn beat Brandstetter 6-2, 6-0 before Barnard topped Kaminski by scores of 6-4, 6-3. Ploof defeated Butler 2-6, 6-4, 10-6 in third singles, Murphy defeated Maynard 6-3, 6-4 in fourth singles and Michelle Mainus bested 6-1, 6-0 in the fifth flight to knot the match at 4-4.
Alden closed out the match for the Hornets with an 8-3 pro set victory over Talley in No. 6 singles.
The Badgers return to action this weekend with a trip to Colby-Sawyer for a 1:00p match.
Doubles:
| 1. Kayla Flynn/Kelly Butler (LYNW2013) def. Deanna Brandstetter/Annetle Kaminski (JSCW2013) 8-6 |
| 2. Olivia Bernard/Alexandria Maynard (LYNW2013) def. Maegan Ploof/Kate Murphy (JSCW2013) 8-4 |
| 3. Clarisse Talley/Eden Towers (JSCW2013) def. Carina Alden/Alex Richard (LYNW2013) 8-5 |
Singles:
| 1. Kayla Flynn (LYNW2013) def. Deanna Brandstetter (JSCW2013) 6-2, 6-0 |
| 2. Olivia Bernard (LYNW2013) def. Annetle Kaminski (JSCW2013) 6-4, 6-3 |
| 3. Maegan Ploof (JSCW2013) def. Kelly Butler (LYNW2013) 6-2, 4-6, 10-6 |
| 4. Kate Murphy (JSCW2013) def. Alexandria Maynard (LYNW2013) 6-3, 6-4 |
| 5. Shelly Mainus (JSCW2013) def. Alex Richard (LYNW2013) 6-1, 6-0 |
| 6. Carina Alden (LYNW2013) def. Clarisse Talley (JSCW2013) 8-3 |