Juniata tennis teams sweep past Frostburg State

FROSTBURG, Md. – Both Juniata College tennis teams posted wins over Frostburg State University on Wednesday afternoon, in a pair of matches played in Frostburg, Md. The Juniata men posted a 9-0 win over Frostburg, while the women's team logged a 6-3 triumph over the Bobcats. 

On the women's side, Katie Healy (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) and Maggie Wolenter (Audubon, N.J./Audubon) posted a win at no. 1 doubles, 8-4, over Elly Dannenfelser and Megan Martin. The duo went on to capture victories at no. 1 and 2 singles respectively, with Healy downing Dannenfelser, 6-1, 6-3, and Wolenter capturing a 6-0, 6-2 win over Martin.

Lauren Perow (Huntingdon, Pa./Huntingdon) also came away with a pair of wins, teaming with Stacie Beegle (Schellsburg, Pa./Chestnut Ridge) for a 9-7 victory at no. 2 doubles and a 6-3, 6-2 win over Caroline Shedd  at no. 4 singles. 

In the men's match, the closest Frostburg State came to stealing a match was at no. 1 doubles, where Jarrad Silver (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) and Arnab Chakrabarti (Alpharetta, Ga./Alpharetta) had to fight for a 9-8 (7-3) win over Mike Stevenson and Ramon Gutierrez. Silver went on to capture his no. 1 singles match against Stevenson by a 6-3, 6-2 score, while Chakrabarti logged a 6-0, 6-4 win at no. 2 singles over Gutierrez.

Tucker Good (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg) had a bit of a battle in the first set of his no. 3 singles match against Eddie McMurtrie, before finishing with a 7-5, 6-2 win.

The Juniata women's tennis team will face Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania on Thursday, March 25, at 3:30 p.m. in Indiana, Pa., and both teams will open Landmark Conference play this Saturday, March 27, when they host Moravian College. 

MEN'S TENNIS

Juniata 9, Frostburg State 0

Doubles

1 – Jarrad Silver/Arnab Chakrabarti (JUN) def. Mike Stevenson/Ramon Gutierrez, 9-8 (7-3)

2 – Ross Imbrie/Scott Andrews (JUN) def. Tyler Forster/Eddie McMurtrie, 8-3

3 – Tucker Good/Brice Morey (JUN) def. Christian Ernst/Zach Repp, 8-4

Singles

1 – Silver (JUN) def. Stevenson, 6-3, 6-2

2 – Chakrabarti (JUN) def. Gutierrez, 6-0, 6-4

3 – Good (JUN) def. McMurtrie, 7-5, 6-2

4 – Morey (JUN) def. Ernst, 6-3, 6-3

5 – Imbrie (JUN) def. Josh Galvez, 6-3, 6-1

6 – Andrews (JUN) def. Forster, 6-2, 6-4

WOMEN'S TENNIS

Juniata 6, Frostburg State 3

Doubles

1 – Katie Healy/Maggie Wolenter (JUN) def. Elly Dannenfelser/Megan Martin, 8-4

2 – Stacie Beegle/Lauren Perow (JUN) def. Vicki Stafford/Stevens, 9-7

3 – Caroline Shedd/Liz Coblentz (FSU) def. Walsh/Adams, 9-7

Singles

1 – Healy (JUN) def. Dannenfelser, 6-1, 6-3

2 – Wolenter (JUN) def. Martin, 6-0, 6-2

3 – Stafford (FSU) def. Beegle, 6-3, 0-6, 10-3

4 – Perow (JUN) def. Shedd, 6-3, 6-2

5 – Stevens (FSU) def. Walsh, 6-4, 6-2

6 – Adams (JUN) def. Jannil Sites, 6-4, 6-

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