Posted: Sep 15, 2015

Lions Top Rosemont 6-3 For First Victory

Team Stats

Penn State Brandywine

Rosemont

Score

Doubles

Javitt, Emily / Solomon-McCloud Nya def. Heather Gartside / Laura Masse 8-6
Russell, Elizabeth / Hall, Nia def. Amanda Bradley / Kailin Vollmuth 8-4
Alexis Eillison / Katie Corey def. Solomon-McCloud, Nie / McGougan, Imani 8-4

Singles

Javitt, Emily def. Heather Gartside 6-2, 6-2
Amanda Bradley def. Solomon-McCloud Nya 6-1, 6-1
Laura Masse def. Solomon-McCloud, Nie 6-1, 6-2
Katie Corey def. Hall, Nia 6-3, 6-0
Alexis Eillison def. Russell, Elizabeth 6-0, 6-2
Kailin Vollmuth def. McGougan, Imani 6-0, 6-0

ROSEMONT, Pennsylvania -- The Penn State Brandywine women's tennis team claimed its first victory of the season after defeating NCAA Division III Rosemont by a 6-3 score on Tuesday afternoon.

Freshmen Alexis Ellison (Wilmington, Del./Mt. Pleasant) and Katie Corey (Lansdowne, Pa./Agora Cyber Charter) each were victorious in both of their matches. The duo teamed to win their third-flight doubles match 8-4. Ellison claimed a 6-0, 6-2 triumph at No. 5 singles, while Corey was also a straight-set winner, taking her fourth-flight match 6-3, 6-0.

Brandywine took five-of-six singles matches during the afternoon. In addition to Ellison and Corey, seniors Amanda Bradley (Norwood, Pa./Archbishop Prendergast), Kailin Vollmuth (Pottstown, Pa./The Hill School) and Laura Masse (Media, Pa./Penncrest) also won in straight sets.

Bradley was triumphant at No. 2 by scores of 6-1, 6-1 and Masse claimed her No. 3 match 6-1, 6-2, while Vollmuth won a pair of 6-0 sets in the sixth singles flight.

Brandywine (1-1) faces Berkeley College (N.Y.) at home on Saturday, October 24 at 2:00 pm.