Orlando, Fla. -- March 18, 2010 -- Despite a singles win by senior Funmi Olowookere, the Springfield College women's tennis team fell to defeat by a score of 8-1 earlier today to Division II-foe Augustana College of South Dakota.Olowookere, a co-captain from Woonsocket, R.I., played today at No. 3 singles.
Team Score -- Augustana (S.D.) 8, Springfield College 1
Singles
1. Wadas, Michelle (AUG) def. Shaw, Amy (SC), 6-2, 6-2
2. Gebauer, Hannah (AUG) def. Carney, Sam (SC), 6-1, 7-5
3. Olowookere, Funmi (SC) def. Hagestuen, Jill (AUG), 6-3, 6-3
4. Johnson, Emily (AUG) def. Woodbury, Erin (SC), 6-0, 6-1
5. Baustian, Amber (AUG) def. Senecal, Vanessa (SC), 6-2, 6-2
6. Kachena, Gabrielle (AUG) def. Pessolano, Talya (SC), 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
1. Gaster, Brittany/Conley, Adrienne (AUG) def. Shaw, Amy/Carney, Sam (SC), 8-1
2. Wadas, Michelle/Gebauer, Hannah (AUG) def. Olowookere, Funmi/Green, Siana (SC), 8-2
3. Johnson, Emily/Hagestuen, Jill (AUG) def. Slotnick, Elizabeth/Maltz, Kristi (SC), 8-2
Toby Coffin G’01, enters his third year as the head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Springfield College. Coffin, who has coached at numerous high schools in the area, will look to build a program which will contend for a conference crown.
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