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Tennis Drops Tight Match against Westminster

Box Score  
CLARION, Pa. --- The Golden Eagles tennis team wrapped their season-opening weekend at home on Saturday, falling by a 6-1 score to Westminster at Campbell Courts.
 
Clarion and the Titans split the doubles matches contested on Saturday afternoon, but Westminster took the doubles point with a win by default in the No. 3 doubles match. Davan Lion and Polia Vladeva picked up a win in the No. 1 doubles match, beating Christine Rossi and Megan Blasko by a 6-1 score.
 
In the singles session, Abby Rodgers earned her second singles win in as many matches, beating Emily Klaus with a tiebreaker in the second set and a third set breaker. Rodgers dropped the first set to Klaus by a 6-4 score, but she came back with a big effort in the second set, taking a tiebreaker by a 7-1 score to tie it up. The third set tiebreaker was a close affair as well, with Rodgers topping Klaus by a 10-8 score for the win.
 
The Titans won a handful of tight matches elsewhere in the lineup to clinch the team win. Lion came back with a win in the second set against Rossi but came up just short in the third set, falling by a 12-10 score, while McMahan lost a third set to Megan Blasko in the No. 3 singles match. Taelyn Thomas came up just shy of forcing a third set in the No. 4 singles match, falling in second set tiebreaker.
 

Westminster 6, Clarion 1
 
Doubles
  1. Davan Lion / Polia Vladeva (Clarion) def. Christine Rossi / Megan Blasko (Westminster) 6-2
  2. Emma Overlingas / Grace Askey (Westminster) def. Taelyn Thomas / Emily McMahan (Clarion) 6-2
  3. Westminster wins by default
 
Singles
  1. Christine Rossi (Westminster) def. Davan Lion (Clarion) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (10)
  2. Emma Overlingas (Westminster) def. Polia Vladeva (Westminster) 6-1, 6-3
  3. Megan Blasko (Westminster) def. Emily McMahan (Clarion) 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (9)
  4. Grace Askey (Westminster) def. Taelyn Thomas (Clarion) 6-3, 7-6 (5)
  5. Abby Rodgers (Clarion) def. Emily Klaus (Westminster) 4-6, 7-6 (1), 1-0 (8)
  6. Emily Yurko (Westminster) wins by default
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