Tigers Kick Off 2013-14 Season With Big Win Over IU-East
Busy final week of the fall season opens with 7-2 victory over visiting scholarship program.
Team Stats
| Game Statistics | Indiana-East | Wittenberg | Score | 2 | 7 |
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Olivia Underwood / Chelsea Reeder def. Paige Froman / Cheltsi Hinners 8-2
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Lexi Garza / Jaimie Whaley def. Chelsea Helms / Kristian Ketron 8-3
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Morgan McDermott / Andrea Gaietto def. Brittany Hetacox / Jordyn Bowman 8-0
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Paige Froman def. Olivia Underwood 4-6 , 6-4 , 1-0 (10-3)
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Chelsea Reeder def. Cheltsi Hinners 6-3 , 6-0
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Morgan McDermott def. Chelsea Helms 6-0 , 6-4
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Andrea Gaietto def. Kristian Ketron 6-1 , 6-7 (5-7) , 1-0 (10-8)
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Brittany Hetacox def. Lexi Garza 7-6 (7-5) , 7-5
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Jaimie Whaley def. Alexandra Estes 6-0 , 6-1
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers opened 2013-14 season match play with a 7-2 victory over visiting Indiana University-East.
The match was Wittenberg's first of the fall season after several weeks of preparation. It kicks off a busy final week of the fall campaign, which continues on Friday and Saturday with three matches.
The match opened with a doubles sweep for the Tigers. Freshmen Olivia Underwood (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Marian) and Chelsea Reeder (Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood) were 8-2 winners on the first court, while junior Lexi Garza (Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood) and sophomore Jaimie Whaley (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) added an 8-3 decision at No. 2. Sophomore Morgan McDermott (Wheeling, W.Va./The Linsley School) paired with senior Andrea Gaietto (Tiffin, Ohio/Calvert) for an 8-0 victory at No. 3 to send the Tigers into singles with plenty of momentum.
Reeder and McDermott were straight sets winners at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. Gaietto was pushed to three sets at No. 4 and Whaley was a 6-0, 6-1 victor at No. 6.