West Point, N.Y. ? Seniors Kim Weltman and Charlotte
Tatler both recorded victories in their singles matches to earn two points for
UAlbany, but the Great Danes were unable to hold off Army as the Black Knights
claimed a 5-2 win in non-conference tennis action on Saturday morning.
Weltman posted a 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (5)
win over Niki Flach at No. 2 singles while Tatler recorded a 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
victory over Sarah Giles-Madden at the third position. Weltman also teamed up with Aubrey Brooks for
the Great Danes’ lone doubles victory. The duo defeated Giles-Madden and
Caitlin Finnegan, 8-4.
Laine Macked pushed a tiebreak, but
fell to Finnegan at No. 5 singles, 7-6 (5), 6-2, while Brooks dropped a 6-2,
6-0 decision to Robie Verano at the sixth spot. At No. 1 singles, Army’s Annie
Houghton defeated Susan Ma, 6-2, 6-0, while the Black Knights’ Kristin Beehler
claimed the final singles point with a 6-2, 6-4 win over UAlbany’s Holly Smith.
Houghton and Beehler defeated Ma and
Mackey at the top doubles position by a score of 8-2. Flach teamed up with
Annie Hang to post an 8-6 win over Tatler and Smith to earn the doubles point
for the Black Knights.
UAlbany will visit Sacred Heart for
a non-conference match on Sunday afternoon starting at 1 p.m.
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Doubles
- Annie Houghton/Kristin Beehler (Army) def. Susan
Ma/Laine Mackey (UA), 8-2
- Niki Flach/Annie Hang (Army) def. Charlotte
Tatler/Holly Smith (UA), 8-6
- Kim Weltman/Aubrey Brooks
(UA) def. Sarah Giles-Madden/Caitlin Finnegan (Army), 8-4
Singles
- Annie Houghton (Army) def. Susan Ma (UA), 6-2,
6-0
- Kim Weltman (UA) def. Niki Flach (Army), 4-6,
6-0, 7-6 (5)
- Charlotte Tatler (UA) def. Sarah Giles-Madded
(Army), 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
- Kristen Beehler (Army) def. Holly Smith (UA),
6-2, 6-4
- Caitlin Finnegan (Army) def. Laine Mackey (UA),
7-6 (5), 6-2
- Robie Verano (Army) def. Aubrey Brooks (UA),
6-2, 6-0