Franciscan 5, Pitt.-Greensburg 4

Doubles
     The 2023 captains, Maria Herrera and Olivia Colby, picked up where they left off last season with some dominant doubles play. The won by a score of 8-4 in #1 doubles. Claire Cardie and Veronica Saunders teamed up at #2 doubles for the first time in their young careers. They had similar success as they won by the same margin. The #3 pairing of Delaney Dawson and Jordan Beltavski would fall to set the score at 2-1 as we headed into singles play. 

Singles
    Maria Herrera kept up her success with a straight sets win at the #1 spot. Olivia Colby would take three sets to get her victory but got the job done at #2 singles. A pair of sophomores, Veronica Saunders and Margaret Vernau would drop at #5 and #6 to make this a close match. Claire Cardie would go the distance but drop at #3 singles, but freshman Jordan Beltavski rallied strong to win at #4 singles. She dropped the first set, but showed a lot of heart to win the second and third set to help Franciscan start off the season with a win.

Next Up
    The Barons will have a week in between matches to start of this 2023 season. They will take on Saint Mary's College (IN) on Friday at Baldwin Wallace. The neutral site, non-conference matchup will be the third time that these two teams have played each other. Both of the previous matchups came in Florida while on spring break. The Barons are 0-2 in their previous two matchups. Their last matchup was in March of 2023 with Maria Herrera grabbing the lone point in #1 singles. 

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