Women's Tennis

Quakers Win Second Straight

For Immediate Release:
March 11, 2006

RICHMOND, Ind. — The Earlham College women’s tennis team posted an 8-1 victory over Capital University Saturday on the Trueblood Fieldhouse courts inside the Athletics and Wellness Center.

Earlham won two of the three matches to doubles to begin the day as the Quakers won their second straight to start the season. “Starting the season with two wins is wonderful,” Earlham coach Justin Carrier said. “We are playing with a lot of passion and it showed with our performance.”

Sophomore Kate Unver (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) and sophomore Liz Byrd (Richmond, IN/Richmond) won at No. 1, while senior Sue Piotrzkowski (Indianapolis, IN/Scecina) and first-year Birgit Kuba (Vienna, Austria) earned a victory at No. 3.

The Quakers won all six matches in singles action. Unver, Byrd, senior Emily Steele (Logansport, IN/Logansport), Kuba, Piotrzkowski and Lydia Hamilton (Bloomington, IN/North) were victorious.

Carrier was particularly pleased with Kuba’s 9-7 win at No. 4 singles. “Birgit was down 5-1,” he said. “She did a great job of coming back.”
Earlham (2-0) plays on Monday at home against Cedarville University. The non-conference match is scheduled for 3 p.m. Scoresheet.

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