Shippensburg University Athletics

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University women's tennis team returned to action Tuesday night and came away with its first victory of the fall non-championship season, achieving a 6-1 win over Penn State Altoona at Robb Sports Complex.
 
Shippensburg (1-3) had to battle to earn the doubles point. Renee Kinard and Samhitha Koganti got the Raiders off on the right foot with a 6-1 win at No. 1 doubles.
 
Ava Kalist and Brinley Orris rallied from an early deficit to come from behind and claim a 6-4 win at No. 2 doubles to secure SU the 1-0 lead.
 
The No. 3 doubles match went to a tiebreaker, but the Raiders came out on top as Rachel Gallagher and Sadie Livengood closed strong in a 7-5 victory.
 
Orris and Gallagher were resilient in their singles victories. At No. 3 singles, Orris overcame an early deficit in the second set to claim a 6-2, 6-4 win. Gallagher needed an extra game in her second set but battled to a 6-2, 7-5 win at No. 4 singles.
 
Kalist posted a love-love victory at No. 5 singles. Kinard won 6-1, 6-2 in the top flight, and Koganti was victorious by the same scores at No. 2 singles.
 
Livengood, who was making her collegiate debut Wednesday night, left everything out on the court in a marathon match at No. 6 singles. Her first-ever singles match went the distance, but she came up just short in the third-set tiebreaker.  
 
Victoria Sheehan and Devon Stothart competed for the Raiders in exhibition singles matches.
 
Penn State Altoona (10-2), competing in its twelfth match of the fall and currently second in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) standings, was able to get each of its active players a match between singles and doubles. Dahlia Dokmenler claimed the win at No. 6 singles by a score of 4-6, 6-3, 10-8.
 
Shippensburg is right back in action at 3 p.m. tomorrow when it hosts Juniata at Robb Sports Complex.

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