LOCK HAVEN, Pa. — Penn College defeated Lock Haven University 4-3 on Saturday. The Wildcats won four of six singles matches, taking Nos. 1 through 4, while Lock Haven University won two of three doubles matches. This victory marked the first time Penn College has defeated Lock Haven since the 2019-20 season. The Wildcats are 1-1 overall. Lock Haven fell to 0-2 overall.
How it happened: The Wildcats split the first two completed doubles courts before Lock Haven University secured the doubles point.
Emma McLaughlin and
Faith Murray defeated Alyse Bass and Breanna Chicas 6-2 at No. 2 doubles, but Maci Rohrbach and Alaina Marchioni answered with a 6-4 win over
Leah Vest and
Kiera Wene at No. 1. Emma Ackley and Hope Lapinski then defeated Alex McDougal and Arista Fine 7-5 at No. 3 to clinch the point for Lock Haven University.
Starting singles down 1-0, the Wildcats fell behind 2-0 when Lapinski defeated Fine 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles. Murray put the Wildcats on the board with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Chicas at No. 4, before Ackley defeated McDougal 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5 to give Lock Haven University a 3-1 lead.
The Wildcats won the final three completed singles matches to take the dual. Vest defeated Marchioni 6-1, 7-6(3) at No. 2, and Wene followed with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Bass at No. 3 to tie the match at 3-3. McLaughlin then clinched the decision at No. 1 singles, defeating Rohrbach 7-6, 1-6, 10-5 as the Wildcats earned a 4-3 victory.
Doubles
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1. Maci Rohrbach/Alaina Marchioni (LHU) def. Vest/Wene (Penn College) 6-4
2. McLaughlin/Murray (PCT) def. Alyse Bass/Breanna Chicas (LHU) 6-2
3. Emma Ackley/Hope Lapinski (LHU) def. McDougal/Fine (PCT) 7-5
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles
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1. McLaughlin (PCT) def. Maci Rohrbach (LHU) 7-6, 1-6, 10-5
2. Vest (PCT) def. Alaina Marchioni (LHU) 6-1, 7-6(3)
3. Wene (PCT) def. Alyse Bass (LHU) 7-5, 6-2
4. Murray (PCT) def. Breanna Chicas (LHU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Emma Ackley (LHU) def. McDougal (Penn College) 6-1, 6-2
6. Hope Lapinski (LHU) def. Fine (Penn College) 6-0, 6-0
Order of finish: 6, 4, 5, 2, 3, 1
Up next: The Wildcats visit Mount Aloysius on Friday, Sept. 25 at 4 p.m.
