The Northern Kentucky University women’s tennis team opened fall action Wednesday evening with a 7-0 victory over Thomas More at the Joyce E. Yeager Tennis Complex.
Four of NKU’s singles players including Klara Skopac, Danielle Donahue, Nicole Soutar and Sierra Nellessen did not drop a game against Thomas More, as they each cruised to a pair of 6-0 victories.
In the No. 2 spot, Hailey Shanahan defeated Thomas More’s Anna Hetzer 6-2, 6-2 while Sydney Power earned a 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 3.
Each of the three doubles flights played to completion, with Donahue and Nellesson finishing first, defeating Jeni Hall and Lydia Olsen, 6-0, to seal NKU’s victory as the squad swept TMC in doubles action.
The Norse return to action on Friday, Sept. 18 for the first day of the Greater Cincinnati Collegiate Invitational at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. The tournament will take place all day Friday and Saturday.
Thomas More returns to action on Saturday (September 19) when it hosts Washington & Jefferson College at 1 p.m. at the Covington Catholic Courts in Park Hills, Kentucky.
Northern Kentucky 7, Thomas More 0
Singles competition
1. SKOPAC, Klara (NKU-W) def. Alyssa DeFiglio (TMC) 6-0, 6-0
2. SHANAHAN, Hailey (NKU-W) def. Lydia Olsen (TMC) 6-0, 6-1
3. POWER, Sydney (NKU-W) def. Anna Hetzer (TMC) 6-2, 6-2
4. DONAHUE, Danielle (NKU-W) def. Sarah Hastings (TMC) 6-0, 6-0
5. SOUTAR, Nicole (NKU-W) def. Sarah Fellinger (TMC) 6-0, 6-0
6. NELLESSEN, Sierra (NKU-W) def. Nicole Capodagli (TMC) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. SHANAHAN, Hailey/SKOPAC, Klara (NKU-W) def. Alyssa DeFiglio/Maryann Meadows (TMC) 6-2
2. MOREHART, Rheanna/DONAHUE, Danielle (NKU-W) def. Anna Hetzer/Nicole Capodagli (TMC) 6-1
3. POWER, Sydney/SOUTAR, Nicole (NKU-W) def. Jeni Hall/Lydia Olsen (TMC) 6-0
From NKU, TMC Athletics