INDIANAPOLIS - The Northern Kentucky University women’s tennis team competed at the GLVC Championships on Friday, and the Norse split two matches.
The fourth-seeded Norse posted a 5-0 win over fifth-seeded Bellarmine University in the first round. Kari Goodrich collected wins in singles and doubles competition to lead NKU, which entered as the defending GLVC champion.
In the semifinals, the Norse dropped a 5-0 decision to top-seeded University of Indianapolis. NKU is 7-4 this fall and will meet second-seeded Lewis University - which was upset by the University of Southern Indiana in the semifinals on Friday - at 9 a.m. Saturday in the third-place match.
GLVC Championships
First Round
NKU 5, Bellarmine 0
Singles
1. Laura Leutzinger (NKU) def. Maria Hornung, 6-3, 6-1
3. Kari Goodrich (NKU) def. Lori Reinhard, 6-4, 6-2
Doubles
1. Lindsay England/Laura Leutzinger (NKU) def. Maria Hornung/Lori Reinhard, 9-7
2. Kari Goodrich/Jessica Smith (NKU) def. Jade Best/Kelly Henderson, 8-6
3. Clara Dorado/Courtney Myers (NKU) def. Celeste Nicholson/Katie Sutton, 8-3
Semifinals
Indianapolis 5, NKU 0
Singles
1. Ashley Liles (UI) def. Laura Leutzinger, 6-2, 6-1
3. Laura Phillipp (UI) def. Kari Goodrich, 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1. Lindsey Fischer-Ashley Liles (UI) def. England/Leutzinger, 8-4
2. Jeannie Hartley-Laura Phillipp (UI) def. Goodrich/Smith, 8-3
3. Jessica Broadus-Kristen Volz (UI) def. Dorado/Myers, 8-4
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