McNicol, Foster Win in Singles and Doubles

HAVERFORD, PA -- Host Haverford College rallied from a 4-2 deficit by winning three singles matches in three sets to post a 5-4 Centennial Conference women's tennis victory over visiting Washington College this afternoon in Haverford, PA. The Fords, ranked 11th in the Atlantic South region, improved to 4-3 overall and 3-0 in conference play with the win, while the Shorewomen, ranked ninth in the region, fell to 6-2 and 2-1 with the loss.

Washington held a 2-1 lead after doubles. Sophomore Jordan Finnegan (Wilmington, DE/Archmere Academy) and sophomore Brittany Marshall (Dagsboro, DE/Worcester Prep, MD) gave the Shorewomen the first point of the match with an 8-2 win over Katie Wettick and Jaclyn Porter at No. 1. Haverford evened the score with a win at No. 3 as Katie Drooyan and Sarah Gibson downed freshman Kat Cohen (Springfield, MA/Williston-Northampton School) and freshman Victoria Peel-Margraf (Montauk, NY/East Hampton), 8-4. Senior Kellie Foster (Lothian, MD/St. Mary's) and freshman Campbell McNicol (Mill Neck, NY/St. George's School) put the Shorewomen in front with an 8-4 win against Helen Fisun and Fumiko Shogase at No. 2.

Washington extended the lead to 3-1 when McNicol downed Drooyan, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 4 singles. Gibson trimmed the margin to 3-2 with a 6-4, 6-2, win over Peel-Margraf at No. 6, but the Shorewomen netted their fourth point of the match with Foster's 7-6(2), 6-0, victory over Porter at No. 3. The Fords made it 4-3 with Shogase's 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, victory over Cohen and evened the score at 4-4 when Wettick completed a 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, victory over Finnegan at No. 1. Haverford won the match when Fisun finished a 7-6(7), 2-6, 6-3, win against Marshall at No. 2.

The Shorewomen return to action Saturday with a 1:00 p.m. Centennial Conference match at Franklin & Marshall.