Posted: Mar 16, 2017

Western New England Earns 6-3 Victory Over Olivet

Team Stats

Olivet College

Western New England (Mass.)

Score

Doubles

Lauren Sell / Morgan Schrader (WNE)
def. Maddy Drikakis / BreAnne Rudlaff (OLIVET)

9-8 (7-5)

Rae Claramunt / Rachael Hager (OLIVET)
def. Joeanna Glantz / Petra Martinelli (WNE)

9-7

Miranda Pier / Isabel Snyder (OLIVET)
def. Rachel Bauer / Kim Phu (WNE)

8-5

Singles

Lauren Sell (WNE)
def. Maddy Drikakis (OLIVET)

6-1, 6-3

Joeanna Glantz (WNE)
def. Rachael Hager (OLIVET)

6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-2)

Morgan Schrader (WNE)
def. BreAnne Rudlaff (OLIVET)

6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (10-1)

Corey St. Louis (WNE)
def. Isabel Snyder (OLIVET)

6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (13-11)

Miranda Pier (OLIVET)
def. Petra Martinelli (WNE)

6-2, 6-0

Rachel Bauer (WNE)
def. Rae Claramunt (OLIVET)

6-1, 7-6 (8-6)

Golden Bears rally from 2-1 deficit after doubles play

HILTON HEAD, S.C. (March 16, 2017) – The Western New England University women's tennis team rallied from a 2-1 deficit after doubles play to earn a 6-3 victory over Olivet (Mich.) College today in non-conference action at The Shipyard Racquet Club.

Top Performers
• Junior Lauren Sell (Milford, Conn.) and freshman Morgan Schrader (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) led the way for the Golden Bears, picking up wins in both singles and doubles play.

Doubles Review
• Olivet opened up a 2-1 lead after doubles play, as Rae Claramunt and Rachael Hager defeated senior Joeanna Glantz (Agawam, Mass.) and sophomore Petra Martinelli (Vernon, Conn.) 9-7 at No. 2, and the Miranda Pier/Isabel Snyder duo posted an 8-5 win over freshman Rachel Bauer (Palmer, Mass.) and junior Kim Phu (Wolfeboro, N.H.).
• Western New England's doubles point came courtesy of Sell and Schrader, who teamed up for a 9-8 (7-5) victory over Maddy Drikakis and BreAnne Rudlaff at No. 1.

Singles Review
• Western New England rallied to win five of six singles matches to pull out the victory. Sell earned a 6-1, 6-3 result over Drikakis at No. 1, and Glantz, who won her opening set (6-4) over Hager, came from behind to win the third set tiebreaker, 10-2 at No. 2.
• Also picking up key wins for the Golden Bears were senior Corey St. Louis (Groton, Conn.), who played through darkness to win her No. 4 match 6-1, 2-6 (13-11), Schrader and Bauer.

Up Next
Western New England (8-5) wraps up its spring break trip tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 p.m. against Asbury (Ky.) University at the Hilton Head Motorcoach Resort.