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| By Chad Hensley, NKU Sports Information HILTON HEAD, S.C. – The Northern Kentucky University women’s tennis team is now a perfect 4-for-4 on their Spring Break trip after defeating Dickinson College (Pa.) 6-3 on Thursday. The Norse (8-4), who are now ranked 42nd in nation and 4th in the Midwest Region by Intercollegiate Tennis Association, used a blowout each from Kristen Sunday and Stephanie Isaacs in their respective matches to set the tone for the day. Sunday, playing in the first singles flight, defeated Joelle Nitzberg (6-0, 6-0) while Isaacs downed Leigh Oczkowski (6-1, 6-0) to up her second flight record to 8-2 (9-3 overall) on the season. Dickinson, however, countered by taking the points from Sarah Woodward defeating Michelle Schirmann (7-5, 6-4) and Hana Thomson defeating Jenny Hand (6-3, 6-2) in the third and fourth flights respectively. Jillian Sturgeon and Maggie Koetter ended the singles portion of the match with by sweeping their opponets in straight sets. Sturgeon (9-3), who has played in the fifth flight all season, cruised by Kay Hood (6-3, 6-3) while Koetter upped her sixth flight and overall record to 11-1 with a 6-0, 6-4 whitewashing of Brittany Zoll. The Red Devils (3-3) were able to take the top flight singles point as the duo of Nitzberg and Woodward downed Isaacs and Sturgeon 8-6. NKU wrapped up the victory as the tandems of Schirmann/Sunday and Hand/Ivana Misic took down their counterparts 8-4 each. The Norse will be back in action on Friday, March 20, as they travel to Rensselaer, Ind., to take on Saint Joseph’s College in the Great Lakes Valley Conference opener for both squads. |