Tennis: IU East Splits with St. Francis
FT. WAYNE, Ind. - The Indiana University East tennis teams took on the University of Saint Francis on Friday, Feb. 27.
The matches were played indoors at Wildwood Racquet Club.
For the men, the Red Wolves fell 6-1 to the Cougars.
Andrea Klaric and Sachin Vanaraja caught fire late in the match to secure a victory at No. 1 Doubles. However, the Cougars took the doubles point by winning No. 2 and No. 3 Doubles. In single action, Klaric won 7-6, 6-1 securing the lone point for the Red Wolves.
The women opened their spring season with a victory taking down the Cougars 4-3. Saint Francis took the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. The Red Wolves then rattled off three singles victories in a row by Lauren Miller, Brooke Schafstall, and Gracie Helms. In her first tennis match with IU East, Carli Cox secured the victory for the Red Wolves by winning 6-2, 6-3 at No. 6 singles.
The IU East men's tennis team is scheduled to host Southwestern Illinois Community College on Friday, March 6. The match will be played at Earlham College. The women will wait a couple more days when they take on Earlham College on March 8.
Women's Doubles
Alejandra Parra/Isabela Flores (SF) def. Brooke Schafstall/Gracie Helms (IUE) 6-4
Lexi Wennen/Lauren Miller (IUE) def. Tori Rodenbeck/Anna Yoder (SF) 6-3
Madeline Lomont/Blythe Collins (SF) def. Chantelle Mapondera/Carli Cox (IUE) 6-4
Women's Singles
Alejandra Parra (SF) def. Chantelle Mapondera (IUE) 6-3, 6-1
Gracie Helms (IUE) def. Isabela Flores (SF) 2-6, 6-3, 10-5
Brooke Schafstall (IUE) def. Tori Rodenbeck (SF) 6-4, 6-1
Lauren Miller (IUE) def. Anna Yoder (SF) 6-4, 6-0
Madeline Lamont (SF) def. Lexi Wennen 6-3, 2-6, 10-8
Carli Cox (IUE) def. Blythe Collins (SF) 6-2, 6-3
Men's Doubles
Andrea Klaric/Sachin Vanaraja (IUE) def. Hugo Gonzalez/Gerard Cuixart (SF) 7-5
Jorge Cebria/Alvaro Adrio (SF) def. Alex Piercy/Juan Diego Balao (IUE) 6-2
Devon McCaffrey/George Ebert (SF) def. Bryce Wennen/Jace Wilkerson (IUE) 6-0
Men's Singles
Jorge Cebria (SF) def. Sachin Vanaraja (IUE) 6-3, 6-2
Andrea Klaric (IUE) def. Gerard Cuixart (SF) 7-6(2), 6-1
Hugo Gonzalez (SF) def. Alex Piercy (IUE) 6-2, 4-6, 10-7
Alvaro Adrio (SF) def. Juan Diego Balao (IUE) 7-5, 6-2
Devon McCaffrey (SF) def. Bryce Wennen (IUE) 6-1, 6-1
George Ebert (SF) def. Clay Conner (IUE) 6-3, 6-1