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| By Chad Hensley, NKU Sports Information HILTON HEAD, S.C. – Another day in paradise for the Northern Kentucky University women’s tennis team resulted in yet another dominating win for the Norse. NKU (6-4) easily defeated Baldwin-Wallace College (0-3) by an 8-1 final score. The Norse nearly swept through the singles portion of the competition against the Yellow Jackets dropping only one set en route to six individual victories. After losing the first set to Emily Pelosi in the fourth singles flight, Jenny Hand stormed back to sweep the second set and force a super tiebreaker third set, which she easily handled 10-4. Kristen Sunday (6-1, 6-2), Stephanie Isaacs (6-0, 6-1, Michelle Schirmann (6-0, 6-1), Jillian Sturgeon (6-2, 6-4), and Maggie Koetter (6-0, 6-2) each had little trouble defeating their opponents. Caitlyn Pecinovsky and Katy Baldwin outdueled Isaacs and Sturgeon 8-6 in the first doubles flight for the only point of the day for the Yellow Jackets. Schirmann and Sunday dismantled Jenny Greene and Alyssa Trampert 8-1 in the second doubles flight while Hand and Ivana Misic were challenged before pulling away for an 8-4 victory over Andrea Essig and Emily Pelosi. The Norse will be back in action Tuesday, March 10 when wake up for an early match against the University of Charleston (W.Va.). First serve is set for 8 a.m. |