Morgan Wagers

Mali Zemedkun

The College of Wooster women's tennis team closed out the fall portion of its schedule with a pair on convincing 9-0 wins on Saturday at the Columbus School for Girls in Columbus, Ohio. Wooster opened the day with a clean sweep over Mount Vernon Nazarene University and did likewise later in the day against Capital University.

Wooster's (2-0) entire singles lineup dropped five or fewer games between the two matches on Saturday. First-year Laura Haley, sophomore Mali Zemedkun, and senior Morgan Wagers led the way as each student-athlete dropped three games in singles action. In fact, both Wagers and Zemedkun had 6-0, 6-0 sweep with Wagers' coming earlier in the afternoon against Mount Vernon Nazarene (3-10), and Zemedkun's taking place in her match against Capital (0-5). Haley was nearly perfect in both matches as she opened with a 6-1, 6-0 win against Mount Vernon Nazarene, and followed that up with a 6-0, 6-2 win against her Capital foe.

Further up the lineup, sophomore Joy Li had a 6-0, 6-0 win over Mount Vernon Nazarene in the first flight that was backed up by first-year Sarah Duran 6-0, 6-1 triumph in her first collegiate dual-match. Sophomore Shannon Sertz rounded out the Mount Vernon Nazarene singles matches with a 6-1, 6-2 win out of the third flight.

In the nightcap, Li didn't drop a game in the first set, and followed that up with a 6-4 second frame. At No. 2 singles, Duran emerged victorious 6-1, 6-3, while Sertz made quick work of the Crusaders at the third flight with matching scores of 6-1.

In doubles play, Li and Wagers turned in 8-3 and 8-2 outings in the first flight, while Haley and Sertz shutout Mount Vernon Nazarene 8-0 before rolling past Capital 8-3 in the second flight. First-year Kendra Devereux teamed up with Duran in the third flight for 8-3 and 8-5 wins.

Wooster's spring season is set to open with a "Battle of the Scots" in Michigan as the Black and Gold are slated to face Alma College on Saturday, Feb. 10.