TERRE HAUTE, IND. --
The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology women's tennis
team Manchester College 6-3 on Saturday.
The Fightin' Engineers will secure the No. 1 seed to the October 15-16 league tournament with a victory at Franklin on Sunday. Rose-Hulman is the defending HCAC women's tennis champion and NCAA Tournament representative.
Sophomore Marie Stettler (Edgerton, Wis.) led the Engineers with a No. 1 Singles and a No. 2 doubles victory.
Sophomore Paige Cook (Terre Haute, Ind./North Vigo) also picked up a No. 2 doubles victory along with a victory in the No. 5 singles spot.
Rose-Hulman is now 9-2 overall and 7-1 in HCAC play, while Manchester falls to 6-7 and 5-3 in league matches.
ROSE-HULMAN 6, MANCHESTER 3
SINGLES:
1) Marie Stettler (R) def. April Erxleban,
6-2, 6-4
2) Kara Gilley (M) def. Sage Sackett, 6-1, 6-2
3) Ali Heeter (M) def. Melissa Montgomery, 6-1, 3-6, 10-5
4) Colleen Stevenson (R) def. Brandy Leeper, 6-7, 6-4, 6-1
5) Paige Cook (R) def. Jillian Bower, 6-0, 6-1
6) Ashley McClintoc (M) def. Kylie McCollum, 6-2,
6-3
DOUBLES:
1) Sackett/Montgomery (R) def. Erxleban/Gilley,
8-6
2) Stettler/Cook (R) def. Heeter/Leeper 8-5
3) Lauren Reberger/McCollum (R) def. McClintok/Alyssa Dibley
8-3