Seton Hill University Athletics

Tennis Team Splits Pair of Weekend Games

The Griffin tennis team played a pair of contest over the weekend and split the two matches.  Seton Hill defeated Daemen on Saturday afternoon by the score of 6-1 and then was defeated by Fairmont State 4-3 on Sunday afternoon.  SHU is now 2-2 on the season. 

In the win over Daemen, the Griffins earned the one point from the doubles competition.  The doubles teams of Jenna Bailey/Kaelyn Zak and Ana Salazar/Kaitlyn Walch each won their matches by a 6-2 score.  SHU then won five of the six singles competitions.  Cameron Beer won by the scores of 6-1, 6-2.  Marlayna Verenna won by the score of 7-5, 6-0.  Immanuella Odiong picked up a 6-0, 6-0 win.  Both Salazar and Walch won their singles matches by forfeit.

On Sunday, the Griffins earned the one doubles point by winning all three doubles matches.  The team of Zak/Bailey won 6-5.  The team of Beer/Salazar won 6-2, while Walch/Verenna won their match by a 6-1 score.  Zak won her singles match by a 6-1, 6-2 margin.  Salazar earned a hard fought 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win.

The Griffins will now take part in the PSAC Singles and Doubles Championships next weekend at Bloomsburg.