Oct. 28, 2009

Tennis Teams Wrapup Fall Seasons at ITA Midwest Regional

   Youngstown -- The Youngstown State men's and women's tennis teams wrapped up their fall seasons with select individuals participating at the ITA Midwest Regionals, which were held recently.

    The women's regional was held in Chicago and was hosted by Northwestern on Oct. 22.

    In the singles portion of qualifying, senior Anna Volkova won her first match before bowing out. Volkova defeated Christine Milliken of Michigan State, 6-4, 6-4 in her opener before losing to Taylor Fornier of Michigan, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.

    In other action, Sarah Lynch lost in qualifying to Franziska Steinhardt of Illinois State, 4-6, 7-6, 6-0; Tanisha Welch lost to IPFW's Katie Brien 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 and Gretchen Cloern lost to Michigan State's Elena Ivanova 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4).

    In double action, Lynch and Cloern lost to Christina Ruiz and Rachael Hush of Marquette, 8-3 while Volkova and Welch lost to Michigan State's Ivanova and Nicole Herzog, 8-4.

    On the men's side, junior Tariq Ismail was the lone Penguin to represent YSU at the ITA Midwest Regional hosted by Michigan in Ann Arbor. Ismail lost his lone match during qualifying, dropping a  6-3, 6-1 decision to Clark Richardson of Michigan State on Oct. 15.