Lady Spartans Tennis Topped By Defiance In HCAC?Play

September 19, 2019 at 2:28 a.m.
Lady Spartans Tennis Topped By Defiance In HCAC?Play
Lady Spartans Tennis Topped By Defiance In HCAC?Play

By Dillon Bender-

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Manchester women's tennis team was defeated by 6-3 Defiance College in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference action on Wednesday.

MU (0-6, 0-2 HCAC) picked up wins at No. 1 doubles and No. 1 and 2 singles. The duo of Manchester High School alum Karly Eichenauer and Former Tippecanoe Valley Viking  Morgan Brazo battled to an 8-4 win in doubles action.

Eichenauer won her third singles match of the year on Wednesday, defeated Defiance's A.J. Breneman 6-1, 6-1. Brazo earned a hard-fought 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 triumph at the No. 2 singles position.

The Yellow Jackets moved to 2-4, 1-2 HCAC with the win. Manchester will host Earlham College at noon Saturday as HCAC play continues.

St. Mary’s (Ind.) Narrowly Edges Manchester In OT

NORTH MANCHESTER – The Manchester University women's soccer team went toe-to-toe with visiting St. Mary's (Ind).

Manchester opened the scoring on Wednesday afternoon. Katie Green played a corner kick into the box that found Jessica Hudnall. She was able to play the ball forward and her short flick towards the goal eventually found Sydnee Jensen who finished in the back of the net for her first goal of the season.

MU held its lead for about eight minutes until the Belles equalized in the 13th minute. Both teams remained neck-and-neck the remainder of regulation.

Two minutes into overtime, Rose Stackhouse's header just crossed over the goal line before bouncing out. Stackhouse's eighth goal of 2019 lifted the Belles to a 2-1 victory.

For the match, St. Mary's held a slight advantage in the total shot count, 18-13. The Spartans outshot SMC 9-7 in the first half. Both teams were even on corner kicks (4-4).

St. Mary's improved to 5-3 on the season. The Spartans (0-5) will play a pair of road games this weekend. The Spartans will travel to Olivet College on Friday. Kickoff in Michigan will be at 4 p.m.

The Spartans will then travel to No. 24 Otterbein on Sunday for a 1 p.m. showdown with the Cardinals.

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Manchester women's tennis team was defeated by 6-3 Defiance College in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference action on Wednesday.

MU (0-6, 0-2 HCAC) picked up wins at No. 1 doubles and No. 1 and 2 singles. The duo of Manchester High School alum Karly Eichenauer and Former Tippecanoe Valley Viking  Morgan Brazo battled to an 8-4 win in doubles action.

Eichenauer won her third singles match of the year on Wednesday, defeated Defiance's A.J. Breneman 6-1, 6-1. Brazo earned a hard-fought 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 triumph at the No. 2 singles position.

The Yellow Jackets moved to 2-4, 1-2 HCAC with the win. Manchester will host Earlham College at noon Saturday as HCAC play continues.

St. Mary’s (Ind.) Narrowly Edges Manchester In OT

NORTH MANCHESTER – The Manchester University women's soccer team went toe-to-toe with visiting St. Mary's (Ind).

Manchester opened the scoring on Wednesday afternoon. Katie Green played a corner kick into the box that found Jessica Hudnall. She was able to play the ball forward and her short flick towards the goal eventually found Sydnee Jensen who finished in the back of the net for her first goal of the season.

MU held its lead for about eight minutes until the Belles equalized in the 13th minute. Both teams remained neck-and-neck the remainder of regulation.

Two minutes into overtime, Rose Stackhouse's header just crossed over the goal line before bouncing out. Stackhouse's eighth goal of 2019 lifted the Belles to a 2-1 victory.

For the match, St. Mary's held a slight advantage in the total shot count, 18-13. The Spartans outshot SMC 9-7 in the first half. Both teams were even on corner kicks (4-4).

St. Mary's improved to 5-3 on the season. The Spartans (0-5) will play a pair of road games this weekend. The Spartans will travel to Olivet College on Friday. Kickoff in Michigan will be at 4 p.m.

The Spartans will then travel to No. 24 Otterbein on Sunday for a 1 p.m. showdown with the Cardinals.

Have a news tip? Email [email protected] or Call/Text 360-922-3092

e-Edition


e-edition

Sign up


for our email newsletters

Weekly Top Stories

Sign up to get our top stories delivered to your inbox every Sunday

Daily Updates & Breaking News Alerts

Sign up to get our daily updates and breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox daily

Latest Stories


Triton Uses Three Point Barrage To Cruise To Regional Title
Having the opportunity to host 1A Regional 26 at the Trojan Trench on Saturday afternoon, the Triton boys basketball team made the most of it. Facing off against Lakewood Park Christian, the Trojans took the lead early on and never surrendered it, cruising to a 63-40 victory to advance to next week’s semi-state round.

Chip Shots: NAIA Basketball, For A Change
Looks like the three-week “real” NCAA Division I (D1) season starts this coming Tuesday.

Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission
Yoder

Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission
Polk

Notice Of Administration
EU-000030 Flenar