Sunday, April 15, the Elizabethtown College men’s tennis team played against the University of Scranton, taking a loss 9-0.
Etown’s doubles team of senior Ryan Caris and sophomore Tristan Boheim took a loss, giving Scranton a total of three right in the beginning.
Four sets of doubles were matched as Scranton took a four-win streak. Boheim took another loss of the match in his singles.
Saturday, April 21, the men’s team played at Landmark Conference against Goucher College, losing again at 9-0.
A team of Boheim and junior Nick Strobel fought hard against Goucher’s Josiah Meekins and Elliot Diehl, but fell 8-5.
Caris claimed two points in his singles match and Strobel won four of his first sets.
The Jays were defeated the next day by Catholic University of America with a score of 8-1.
Sophomore Alec Schneider played in singles to bring a point in for Etown. Caris and sophomore Tyler Spinello played their doubles well, but walked away with a loss.
Sunday, April 15, the women’s team competed against Scranton, losing 8-1. This was Etown’s first conference loss.
Junior Kaitlyn O’Connor made the one and only point for the Blue Jays. The women’s top doubles team, sophomore Lenea Riehl and junior Meghan Chemidlin, couldn’t quite secure a win.
Scranton earned a win in four of the single matches and earned all points.
Chemidlin won her opening set and went to a tiebreaker, but took a loss in the second set.
For the conference standings, Etown earned a second-place tie.
The Blue Jays, managed to keep second place during their game against Goucher, in which they won 7-2.
The first point came in from O’Connor and sophomore Sarah Donner. Riehl and Chemidlin followed. Juniors Amber Burd and Laura Gribble broke the tie and won during the second set.
Riehl made the first point in the singles, while Donner secured the victory.
The women fell to Catholic 8-1. Donner managed to make one point for the Blue Jays, but it wasn’t enough to bring success. They lost all three double matches.
The men’s team finished the season with a record of 2-12.
The women’s team will match up at Moravian College on Saturday, April 28th for their last regular season game starting at 12 p.m.
