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Box Score
Sept. 4, 2019 – The North Central College women's tennis team opened College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) play on a high note with a hard fought 7-2 win over Carroll University on Wednesday at Nike Park.
Starting the evening with doubles play,
Hannah Hougland and
Alaina Kanthaphixay were quick to defeat Grace Krueger and Ashley LaBelle, 8-2 at the No. 1 position to put the Cardinals on the board.
Yaitova Spiegel and
Ellie Gallagher then teamed up to take down Francesca Grimes and Rachel Papp, 8-4 at the No. 3 spot, but the Pioneers (2-2, 0-1 CCIW) avoided the doubles sweep with a 8-5 victory at No. 2.
In singles play,
Katie McGraw increased the Cardinal lead 3-1 with a 6-4, 6-0 straight-set win over Carolyn Merkatoris at No. 3.
Carroll refused to go down without a fight however, cutting the lead to one yet again with a win at No. 6, but
Linsy Jante gave North Central some breathing room soon after, scoring a 6-4, 6-3 win over Maya Gaedtke at the No. 4 position.
Holding a 4-2 lead in the match and coming off her CCIW Player of the Week honor earlier today,
Alaina Kanthaphixay clinched the match for North Central with a 6-2, 7-5 defeat of LaBelle at the No. 2 spot.
Hougland then followed with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Krueger at No. 1, while
Morgan House closed out the scoring with a thrilling 6-2, 3-6, 16-14 marathon win over Lora Leach at No. 5.
North Central (3-0, 1-0 CCIW) returns to Nike Park on Friday, Sept. 6, playing host to conference foe Illinois Wesleyan University at 3 p.m.
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