Box Score | Philadelphia, Pa. - (10/16/2015) – Amidst the visiting wizards of Harry Potter Weekend, Chestnut Hill College triumphantly closed their fall and 2015 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) schedule with today's 6-3 victory over Post University. The win places the Griffins firmly in the #2 seed for the upcoming CACC Championship Tournament, which is scheduled to begin at the Chestnut Hill College Tennis Courts on Saturday, October 24.
Chestnut Hill College (8-1, 6-1) opened the afternoon with an easy sweep of doubles play and used that momentum to surmount a 6-1 lead that only narrowed to 6-3 after Post University (10-4, 4-2) stole the final two singles matches. Senior captain
Iman Williams-Mulesa (Pickering, Ontario) and sophomore
Lara Scholtze (Bod Homburg, Germany) were the first to defeat their Eagle counterparts in doubles play, scoring an 8-1 win at number one doubles. The Griffins' next two points came in order with junior
Laure-Anne Josso (Vannes, France) and senior
Axé Owens (Trenton, N.J.) combining for an 8-3 win at number two doubles and senior
Hayley Craskey (Aston, Pa.) and freshman
Julia Bellon (Indaiatuba, Brazil) partnering for an 8-6 win at number three doubles.
The Griffins continued to cruise through individual play, quickly extending their lead to 6-1 by only surrendering a loss at number six singles (Bellon, L, 6-3, 6-0) before capturing victory at number three (Williams-Mulesa, W, 6-0, 6-0), five (Craskey, W, 6-1, 6-1), and four (6-4, 6-3) singles. The Eagle rally ended up coming too little, too late as the visitors grinded out wins at number two (Scholtze, L, 6-1, 3-6, 11-4) and number one (Josso, L, 6-4, 7-6 (4)) singles to narrow the final margin to a respectable 6-3.
The Chestnut Hill College women's tennis team has now qualified for six consecutive CACC postseasons; this year arks the first under first-year head coach
Nate Geigle.