Tigers Split the Week Against Denison and Earlham
The Tigers split their week, falling to perennial title contender and likely NCAA participant Denison on Tuesday, April 9 and then rebounding for a 9-0 sweep of visiting Earlham on Sunday, a match that was suspended Saturday due to rain.
The Tigers split their week, falling to perennial title contender and likely NCAA participant Denison on Tuesday, April 9 and then rebounding for a 9-0 sweep of visiting Earlham on Sunday, a match that was suspended Saturday due to rain.
The loss to Denison wasn't without its Tiger highlights, however, as the top three singles positions all were won by Wittenberg players.
Wittenberg's top two players are both among the best in their respective NCAC flights currently. Freshman Emily Figel (Ft. Wayne, Ind./Homestead) is first at the No. 1 singles position with a 15-3 overall mark and 4-0 in the NCAC, while junior Shannon Oliphant (Columbus, Ohio/Hilliard Davidson) is 11-4 overall and 4-0 in the NCAC, good for the second-best mark among conference competition.
This figures to be a busy and important week for the Tigers, who have nonconference matches on the slate for Wednesday against Northern Kentucky and Thursday against Otterbein. Then conference foe Wooster comes calling in a key NCAC match on Saturday, just one week before the tournament is set to take place at Oberlin. All three matches are at home at the Albright Tennis Courts.