Box Score ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Cedar Crest College tennis team doubled up Bryn Athyn College in a 6-3 final on Thursday afternoon at home in a Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) contest.
The Falcons began the match with a 3-0 sweep of doubles play. The junior pair of
Lily Spagnola (Barnegat, N.J./Barnegat) and
Katherine Franzone (Mount Bethel, Pa./Pennsylvania Cyber Charter) defeated sophomores Thea Keal (Bryn Athyn, Pa.) and Annae Connelly (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.) at No. 1 doubles, 8-1. Senior
Taylor Wolf (Townsend, Del./Middletown) and first-year
Katie Browning (Orefield, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh) teamed up for an 8-0 triumph at second doubles over sophomore Ava Fino (Harding, Pa.) and junior Amber Dawes (Philadelphia, Pa.). Cedar Crest completed the sweep when sophomore
Corinne O'Connor (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore) and junior
Megan Fiedler (Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge Senior) edged junior Katherine Hyatt (Bryn Athyn, Pa.) and first-year Keren Abraham (Philadelphia, Pa.) at No. 3 doubles, 8-7.
The teams went onto split the singles matches, 3-3. Sophomore Nicol Kaczorek (Philadelphia, Pa.) defeated Spagnola at the No. 1 spot, 7-6 and 6-2. Franzone took down Keal in straight sets, 6-3 and 6-4 at second singles to grab a point for the Falcons. Connelly beat Wolf at No. 3 by scores of 6-2 and 6-1 to capture the second point for the Lions. Browning was victorious at fourth singles, winning by scores of 6-1, 6-2 while Schultz snagged the final point for Cedar Crest with a 6-3, 6-0 triumph over sophomore Jenna Hartshaw (Downingtown, Pa.) at the No. 5 spot.
Bryn Athyn collected its final point for the match when Hyatt topped Fiedler at sixth singles, 6-2 and 6-4.
Cedar Crest (2-6 overall, 2-2 CSAC) will travel to Notre Dame of Maryland University for its conference finale on Saturday, April 15 beginning at noon. Bryn Athyn (1-6 overall, 0-1 CSAC) hosts Cairn University in its next match on Friday, April 14 at 4:00 p.m.
Doubles
Spagnola/Franzone (CED) def. Keal/Connelly (BAC), 8-1
Wolf/Browning (CED) def. Fino/Dawes (BAC), 8-0
O'Connor/Fiedler (CED) def. Hyatt/Abraham (BAC), 8-7
Singles
Kaczorek (BAC) def. Spagnola (CED) (7-6, 6-2)
Franzone (CED) def. Keal (BAC) (6-3, 6-4)
Connelly (BAC) def. Wolf (CED) (6-2, 6-1)
Browning (CED) def. Dawes (BAC) (6-1, 6-2)
Schultz (CED) def. Hartshaw (BAC) (6-3, 6-0)
Hyatt (BAC) def. Fiedler (CED) (6-2, 6-4)
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