SPRINGFIELD — The Wittenberg women's tennis team closed its regular-season schedule Wednesday with a 9-0 victory over Ohio Wesleyan in North Coast Athletic Conference play. With the win, the Tigers clinched an outright third-place finish in the conference standings, marking their best finish since 2006 after tying for third place a year ago. With 13 victories on the season, Wittenberg has posted its best single-season win total since the 2010-11 campaign, when it finished 19-6.

The Basics

• Records: Wittenberg (13-4 overall, 4-2 NCAC), Ohio Wesleyan (7-8 overall, 1-5 NCAC)
• Venue: Albright Tennis Complex - Springfield, Ohio
• Junior Caroline Sproule (Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy Orange) is ranked among the top eight singles players in NCAA Division III Region 5 in the latest rankings, which were released on April 15.
• Wittenberg is now 28-24 all-time against Ohio Wesleyan.

The Match

• Wittenberg opened the match by winning all three doubles courts.
• Sproule and freshman Kylie Wilson (Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty) won 8-3 at No. 1 doubles, freshmen Breanna Ball (Powell, Ohio/Olentangy) and Sophia Pischalko (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 8-1 at No. 2, and freshmen Claire Loomis (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) and Lilly Hartman (Lexington, Ky./Henry Clay) won 8-4 at No. 3.
• The Tigers closed out the match by sweeping all six singles courts.
• Sproule won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, Wilson won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2, Loomis won 6-1, 0-6, 10-1 at No. 3, Pischalko won 6-3, 6-4 at No. 4, and Ball won 6-2, 6-3 at No 6. Hartman won via third-set retirement at No. 5 after splitting the first two sets 1-6, 7-5.

Video Interview - freshman Kylie Wilson and junior Caroline Sproule

Quote - Head coach Jacob Rankin

• "This was a really solid win for the girls to finish out the regular season. With this win, we tie our best finish in 18 years, and we did it with a team of mainly freshmen. I couldn't be more proud of this group, and I'm looking forward to the conference tournament!"

Up Next

• As the No. 3 seed in the NCAC Tournament, the Tigers return to action on Friday, May 3, to face the No. 6 seed in the quarterfinals at 1:30 p.m. at Wooster. For more information about the tournament, click here.