THE FACTS
McDaniel (2-1) 5, Juniata (1-9) 4
What: Non-conference women's tennis match
When: Sunday, Apr. 3
Where: Westminster, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
McDaniel won four of the six singles matches, including a three-setter at No. 5 to secure a 5-4 win over Juniata.
THE LEADERS
• Miranda Smith (Cambridge, Md./North Dorchester) was the last player on the court with the match tied at 4-all. She took the opening set 6-4 before Shannon Snyder forced a third-set super-tiebreaker with a 6-4 win over her own. Smith prevailed 10-7 in the tiebreak to win the point and clinch the match for the Green Terror.
FOR THE FOES
• Jamie Mahigel went 2-0 to lead the Eagles. She and Maggie Ackley teamed for an 8-5 victory at No. 1 doubles before Mahigel won No. 2 singles, 6-1, 6-3.
• Lana Dumnich also went 2-0, teaming with Courtney Eller for an 8-6 win at No. 2 doubles. Demnich then won fourth singles, 6-2, 7-5.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Kassidee Wright (Glen Burnie, Md./Northeast) and Claire Hopkins (Washington, D.C./Lab School of Washington) made it 2-1 after doubles with an 8-5 victory at No. 3.
• Carly Jarkiewicz (Hampstead, Md./Manchester Valley) used a 7-5 win in a first-set tiebreaker to win 7-6 before completing the straight-set win 6-0 at first singles.
• Rachel Smith (Cambridge, Md./North Dorchester) took No. 3 singles 7-5, 6-0 to pull McDaniel within 4-3 in the match.
• When Elizabeth Hough (Gaithersburg, Md./Winston Churchill) won completed her 6-0, 6-2 victory at sixth singles, it set up the match to be decided by the final duo on the court.
NEXT UP
McDaniel returns to action at Goucher on Wednesday at Goucher. Match time is 4 p.m.
