Springfield 7, Franciscan 1

Singles
    Franciscan women's tennis began their match starting with singles play. The #5 match was the first to finish, as Haley Davinsizer lost the match to her opponent. Caroline Picard was the second Franciscan player to finish. She was hitting as the #4 hitter for Franciscan. Picard lost to her opponent in two sets. #3 Zoey Stapleton lost in two sets. Laina Anderson picked up the first point for Franciscan, in a three set battle. Anderson swept her first set, then turn around and lost 3-6 in the second. For the 3rd tie-break set, Anderson played the more dominant role she did in her first set, and won 10-5. #2 Olivia Colby's match was hard fought for every game. Colby lost her first set 4-6, then flipped the script and won 6-4 in the second set. The 3rd tie-break set, and Colby scored 8 points, coming just two small points away from winning the match and scoring her team their first team point. Maria Herrera had very similar fate in her #1 match. Maria won a close 1st set, dropped the second set, then lost 8-10 in the 3rd tie-break set. Entering doubles play, Franciscan was losing 5-0, and the match already clinched by Springfield.

Doubles
    Zoey Stapleton and Haley Davinsizer finished their doubles match first picking up one point in their loss to Springfield #2 pairing. Caroline Picard and Laina Anderson were competitive in their match, but fell short by a couple points and lost their #3 doubles match. The #1 doubles match was unable to finish. Maria Herrera and Olivia Colby looked like they are finding championship chemistry. Springfield is a highly talented team, that the Barons struggled against in singles play. At the conclusion of the match Herrera and Colby were tied 4-4. A great outlook as the ladies prepare for the NCAA championships. 

The match concluded with a win for Springfield even though a doubles match was unfinished. At that time Springfield had 7 team points and already clinched the win.

Who's Next? 
The Lady Barons conclude their play in Florida with a matchup against Wisconsin-Superior on Friday. This will be the first time in program history that these two teams have played each other. 

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