Shippensburg, Pa. - The Millersville University women's tennis team notched its second sweep in its last three matches with a 7-0 win at Shippensburg on Wednesday afternoon.
The Marauders (9-15, 3-2 PSAC), finish their regular season with their highest conference win total since the 2015-16 campaign and their highest overall win total since the 2004-05 season. The Raiders (1-15, 0-5 PSAC) finish their season on a six-game losing streak.
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
• Millersville swept doubles and swept three singles matches.
Katina Jones and
Jasmine Morris won at flight one doubles, 6-0, and
Corinne Grohoski and
Megan Rovenolt were victorious at flight two doubles, 6-0.
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Kelsey Heckert (flight three),
Victoria Hanus (flight four) and Grohoski (flight five) all won their respective singles matches by a score of 6-0, 6-0. Jones handily won her flight one singles match, 6-0, 6-1, as did Morris at flight two, 6-0, 6-2.
COACH HELSEL QUOTES
• "We played well today and executed very efficiently. I'm proud of our focused effort."
• "We're in a good place as we head into playoffs. I'll be curious to see how we respond to the situation. None of our players have been there and it'll be a great experience either way. We've improved so much in the last two years, last year and from last semester. I couldn't be more proud of this team and I'm excited to see where this journey goes, both next week and the years ahead."
NOTES
• The Marauders have now won their last 21 matches against Shippensburg and lead the all-time series, 38-23-1.
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Corinne Grohoski has now won four of her last five singles matches and three of her last four doubles matches with
Megan Rovenolt.
UP NEXT
• Millersville will play its first playoff match in three years when it travels to Bloomsburg on Tuesday, April 30 with the match scheduled for 4 p.m. The Marauders lost their match to the Huskies earlier this season on March 30, 5-2, but beat them in the first round of their last playoff appearance in 2016.
