No. 41 Women’s Tennis Handed Tough Loss by Concordia in the NCAA Tournament

Women's Tennis | 4/29/2018 12:00:00 AM

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No. 41 Goldey-Beacom was presented a battle with Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference-rival Concordia (NY) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, but could not take the next step with a tough 5-2 loss in West Chester, PA.

Concordia (18-4), ranked fourth in the region, grabbed the first point in doubles with Josefina Torres and Tadi Mrewa getting an 8-2 triumph at number three over junior Manuela Cornejo (Quito, Ecuador) and sophomore Anna Hortelano Pey (Castelldefels, Spain). Sophomore Silvia Hortelano Pey (Castelldefels, Spain) and freshman Fredrika Regner (Langaryd, Sweden) leveled the tie for GBC with an 8-6 triumph at No. 2 doubles over Kristel Kalm and Franziska Putschbach.

It was Regner's 21st doubles victory, extending her own single-season school record.

The lead heading into singles was in the balance at first doubles and it was the Clippers who prevailed. Siri Victorsson and Angelica Karlsson muscled their way to an 8-5 triumph over freshmen Lotte Lesscher y Post (Arnhem, Netherlands) and Catarina Zheng (Oporto, Portugal).

Concordia widened its margin to 3-1 with a victory at fifth singles as Mrewa got a 6-1, 6-2 triumph over Cornejo. Zheng got that right back at No. 2 singles, having no trouble with Kalm in a 6-1, 6-1 win.

Zheng's 18th singles victory of the season places her second on the GBC single-season list behind Stephanie Puentes Robinson, who won 19 matches in 2012-13.

The score stayed at 3-2 for the longest time before things ended. Putschbach notched a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 win over Silvia Hortelano Pey at sixth singles and, seconds later, Torres completed her comeback with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 triumph at No. 4 singles over Anna Hortelano Pey.

The loss ends another glorious season for the Lightning (16-3, 8-0 CACC), who received a first-round bye in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in team history and competed in the second round for a third time in the last four years. GBC also entered the match ranked first in the NCAA East Region.

Goldey-Beacom defeated Wilmington (DE), 5-3, on October 22 for its second consecutive CACC title and seventh trip to the NCAA Tournament. The squad was the top seed in the CACC Tournament for the second straight year, has won 17 consecutive regular-season league matches dating to 2015, appeared in the conference final in back-to-back years for the first time since going three straight seasons from 2009-11 and notched its best start in team history at 12-0.

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