HILTON HEAD, S.C. - East Stroudsburg University's men's and women's tennis teams started their spring schedule on Sunday in Hilton Head, S.C. after having their season opener washed away at Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday.
Both teams lost by 7-2 scores, the men to Case Western Reserve, and the women against Baldwin-Wallace, both from Ohio.
Freshmen Will Norris and Ryan Baxter picked up a point at third doubles for the men with a 9-7 (7-4) victory, and junior Rob Mikolon won 6-1, 6-3 at sixth singles.
For the women, the freshmen doubles tandem of Katie D'Ambrosia and Jamie Ferrigno posted an 8-5 win in the No. 2 slot. D'Ambrosia and Ferrigno were 7-2 in doubles play in the fall and advanced to the semifinals of the PSAC Championships at Shippensburg.
Ferrigno also knocked off Krista Marshall, 7-5, 6-4 in the No. 4 singles match. Two other Warriors went into third-set tiebreakers in their singles matches, D'Ambrosia at No. 2 and Sarah Deisher at No. 5. Deisher and Marissa Tanner dropped a competitive match at third doubles by an 8-6 score.
The ESU women will take on PSAC foe Slippery Rock at 8 a.m. on Monday, while the men face Northern Kentucky at 1 p.m. as they continue their spring break trip at Hilton Head.
Men - Case Western 7, ESU 2
Doubles
1. Joseph Smetona and Zach Newman (CW) d. Jeff Kurz and Kyle Doebler, 8-1
2. Allen Ye and Michael Peterson (CW) d. Julian Taibi and Rob Mikolon, 8-2
3. Will Norris and Ryan Baxter (ESU) d. Kenneth Nguyen and Adam Erickson, 9-7 (7-4)
Singles
1. Smetona (CW) d. Doebler, 6-0, 6-1
2. Ye (CW) d. Kurz, 6-2, 6-2
3. Peterson (CW) d. Jared Howat, 6-1, 6-4
4. Nguyen (CW) d. Taibi, 6-2, 6-2
5. Erickson (CW) d. Norris, 7-6, 6-1
6. Mikolon (ESU) d. Andrew Osten, 6-1, 6-3
Women - Baldwin-Wallace 7, ESU 2
Doubles
1. Tiffany Allison and Meggie Glassburn (BW) d. Shana Morris and Mandie Rutt, 8-2
2. Katie D'Ambrosia and Jamie Ferrigno (ESU) d. Caitlyn Pecinovsky and Krista Marshall, 8-5
3. Andrea Essig and Katy Marshall (BW) d. Sarah Deisher and Marissa Tanner, 8-6
Singles
1. Allison (BW) d. Morris, 6-3, 6-4
2. Glassburn (BW) d. D'Ambrosia, 6-4, 4-6 (11-9)
3. Pecinovsky (BW) d. Rutt, 6-2, 6-0
4. Ferrigno (ESU) d. Marshall, 7-5, 6-4
5. Emily Pelosi (BW) d. Deisher, 3-6, 6-3 (10-0)
6. Alyssa Trampert (BW) d. Amanda Wascavich, 6-0, 6-0