Loyola Greyhound

Issue date: 2/26/08 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Loyola College Athletics Ben Epstein and the tennis team started their spring schedule last week.

Media Credit: Loyola College Athletics Sophomore Stephanie Dunn won both her singles and doubles matches.

By Brian Hungarter
Staff Writer

The Loyola men's and women's tennis teams began the 2008 spring season successfully, going 2-1 in their contests with Morgan State, University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Mount St. Mary's.

The women dominated UMES on Saturday at the Butler Courts to the tune of a 7-0 victory, backed by singles victories in the No. 1 to No. 6 matches from sophomore Caitlyn Day, sophomore Kerri Swan, freshman Joy Johnson, sophomore Stephanie Dunn, senior Meaghan McKenna and freshman Andie Keyser-Baker, respectively. In doubles action, the duo of Swan and Johnson along with Day and Dunn doubled their win totals for the match, while McKenna teamed with fellow senior co-captain Mallory Tarca to notch the Hounds' final victories.

The match moved the Hounds record to 5-3 (4-0 in dual meets) for the year after their 4-3 victory Wednesday at Morgan State. In their spring opener against their fellow Baltimore rival, the doubles team of sophomore Lauren Cassle and Keyser-Baker notched the Greyhounds' first point alongside of Swan and Johnson, before Cassle doubled up with a 6-3, 6-2 singles victory.

Loyola won another point thanks to Swan's 6-2, 6-1 singles effort. Dunn notched a Loyola victory with a two-hour long 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 victory in the No. 5 slot.

On the men's side, it was another 7-0 sweep against UMES with the singles victories coming from senior co-captains Scott Gannon and Ben Epstein, sophomore Tim Koch and freshmen Dan D'Agostino, Matt McDaniel and Jamie Russo.

The duo of Gannon and Epstein notched another doubles victory, and the combo of D'Agostino and senior Doug Alban also pulled out a win. Saturday's victory pushed the men to a 4-1 record on the heels of their first defeat by the Bears of Morgan State, 6-1.

Loyola dropped an early point Wednesday in double action, as Alban and D'Agostino were the lone Greyhounds to record a victory as Koch and McDaniel fell, 9-7, and Gannon and Epstein also tasted defeat, 8-6.

In singles action, Gannon provided the Hounds their only point from the No. 1 position in three sets en route to a tough 6-1 loss.

In their Sunday matches against Mount St. Mary's, the men pulled out a 5-2 victory, while the women dropped a close battle, 3-4.

The teams will be back in action Monday in their make-up match with Delaware State, which was postponed on Friday.

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