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Quakers handling losses well, beat Roanoke
♦ After losing two key seniors from the '97 club, Quakers prove they still have what it takes
BY ANNIE BUCHANAN-CLARY
Staff Writer
It is easy to see why some fans
might question the ability of this year's
women's tennis team to match last
year's winning season.
Having lost team leader Betsy
Parker and key players such as Mignon
Ezzell and Kirsten Zwicker this year,
many freshmen and sophomores have
been asked to fill the spaces left by
these athletes. The women's tennis
team has re-assembled this year to
prove something.
Beating Roanoke last Wednesday
was a good step.
"Anytime you lose players
who've played for four years the team
lacks work ethic and hustle in prac
tice," said women's tennis coach
Chuck McCracken. "However, the
pressure to achieve challenges them to
do the best they can."
Wednesday's match against
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Roanoke began with a doubles compe
tition by junior Libby Hinsley (No.l)
and senior Erica Carrier (N0.2). Win
ning the set 8-5, the Guilford duo of
fered strong competition, returning a
considerable amount of serves and
keeping the top-seeded Mary Jo Maher
moving across the court.
In the match-up of doubles part
ners senior Joanna Hill (N0.3) and
freshman Stephanie Geis (N0.4),
Roanoke offered fewer returns and
Guilford won quickly with an 8-3 vic
tory. "I would put every ball into play
and wait for her to make mistakes,"
said Hill.
In the longest of the doubles
matches, freshman Julia Hoeng (N0.5)
and senior Eleanor Ball were matched
with the Roanoke doubles team of
Hillary Tulloch and Jennie Stach.
Working for each point, the Guil
ford pair reigned throughout the match,
concentrating on technique instead of
speed.
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As the rest of the women's team
showed support around the court,
Hoeng and Ball won 8-4.
Hinsley began the singles
matches, winning quickly with a com
plete dominance over Maher in a 6-0,6-
0 whipping.
Erica Carrier, however, was un
able to beat her opponent Lindsay
Russell, allowing Roanoke one of their
two wins. Carrier lost two sets at 3-6,
0-6.
Joanna Hill was then matched
with Kathryn Anthony.
Anthony may have offered inspi
ration to play well but was hardly com
petition for the strong serves of Hill.
"Individually I like to hit the ball with a
lot of pace and so did my opponent so I
mixed it up with some short balls and
was successful," said Hill.
Stephanie Geis shut out her op
ponent, Jennifer Runyon, in two sets,
winning 6-0, 6-1, followed by a win by
sophomore Beth Holcomb (N0.6) at 6-
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3,6-0.
"The first set I didn't play as well
as I could have," said Holcomb, "but I
regained some confidence in the sec
ond set and followed through."
Julia Hoeng suffered the only
other loss by Guilford, playing three long
sets against Heather Tiffany and finally
succumbing to a 1-6, 6-2, 3-6 conquer.
Dominating throughout the match,
Guilford's win over Roanoke left their
season record at 5-5 overall and 2-1 in
the ODAC.
"They played good, solid tennis,"
said coach McCracken, "especially
considering the injuries many players
have."
"It was a great victory," said Hill,
"it always feels good to win at home."
It is the kind of commitment dis
played against Roanoke that motivates
many to believe that despite losing some
strong players, the 1998 women's ten
nis team will continue to persuade its
skeptics as to their newfound strengths.
The Guilfordian
April 10,1998