DePauw Drops NCAC Quarterfinals in 5-2 Loss to Wittenberg

Results

#1 Doubles
FINAL	1
Matta, Sonal / Shaw, Kiley [DPUW]	3
Isaac,Ashley / Sproule,Caroline [WITTW]	8

#2 Doubles
FINAL	1
Gardner, Ellen / Wilder, Kat [DPUW]	7 ⁵
Meyers,PJ / Sullivan,Claire [WITTW]	8 ⁷

#3 Doubles
FINAL	1
Preston, Alex / Doherty, Valerie [DPUW]	4
Smith,Kelsey / Stechow,Claire [WITTW]	8

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2

#1 Singles
UNFINISHED	1	2	3
Gardner, Ellen [DPUW]	2	2	0
Isaac,Ashley [WITTW]	6	3	UF

#2 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Matta, Sonal [DPUW]	0	0
Sproule,Caroline [WITTW]	6	6

#3 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Wilder, Kat [DPUW]	3	5
Meyers,PJ [WITTW]	6	7

#4 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Doherty, Valerie [DPUW]	6	6
Sullivan,Claire [WITTW]	0	1

#5 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Shaw, Kiley [DPUW]	7	6
Smith,Kelsey [WITTW]	5	2

#6 Singles
UNFINISHED	1	2	3	4
Werner, Franny [DPUW]	1	6	1	0
Stechow,Claire [WITTW]	6	4	1	UF

Order of Finish: 2, 4, 5, 3

Granville, Ohio- The DePauw women's tennis team suffered a 5-2 loss to three-seed Wittenberg University in the North Coast Athletic Conference Quarterfinals matchup.

Wittenberg jumped to a one-match lead in doubles after Ashley Isaac and Caroline Sproule beat DePauw's Kiley Shaw and Sonal Matta 8-3 on court one. On court three, Wittenberg's Kelsey Smith and Claire Stechow defeated Alex Preston and Valerie Doherty 8-4. Wittenberg completed the doubles sweep off a tiebreaker where Paige Meyers and Claire Sullivan beat Ellen Gardner and Kat Wilder 8-7 (7-5) on court two.

In singles play, the Wittenberg Tigers took a 4-0 lead after Matta fell to Sproule 6-0, 6-0 on court two. On court four, Doherty beat Wittenberg's Sullivan, 6-0, 6-0; on court five, Shaw battled for her 7-5, 6-2 win over Smith. Unfortunately for DePauw, Meyers clinched the quarterfinals for the Wittenberg Tigers after defeating Wilder 6-1, 7-5 on court three.

The DePauw Tigers finished the season with an overall record of 5-15, while the Wittenberg Tigers improved to 10-9.

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Players Mentioned

Ellen Gardner: Sophomore

Alex Preston: Sophomore

Kiley Shaw: Senior

Kat Wilder: Junior; I have a lot of familial connections to DePauw. I grew up visiting campus to visit my sisters, watch them play tennis, and go to football games. As I started looking at colleges my junior year of high school, each school I visited felt like there was something missing. However, visiting DePauw again reassured my love, interest, and pride for the campus and its people.

Valerie Doherty: Freshman; DePauw offers not only great educational programs, but also allows for me to continue playing tennis.

Sonal Matta: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ellen Gardner
: Sophomore

Alex Preston
: Sophomore

Kiley Shaw
: Senior

Kat Wilder
: Junior; I have a lot of familial connections to DePauw. I grew up visiting campus to visit my sisters, watch them play tennis, and go to football games. As I started looking at colleges my junior year of high school, each school I visited felt like there was something missing. However, visiting DePauw again reassured my love, interest, and pride for the campus and its people.

Valerie Doherty
: Freshman; DePauw offers not only great educational programs, but also allows for me to continue playing tennis.

Sonal Matta
: Freshman