Results

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (Oct. 9) – Four members of the California University of Pennsylvania tennis team competed at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Individual Championships over the weekend after the event was postponed last weekend due to weather conditions.

In singles, senior Jasi Witherspoon (Macon, Ga. /Howard) won two matches and advanced to the quarterfinals while playing in a field of 32 players. She started the tournament by defeating Paula Carvajalino of Seton Hill by a 6-3, 6-1 count in the first round before tallying a 6-1, 6-0 victory against Rylee Power of West Chester in the second round. Witherspoon eventually suffered a 7-6 (10-8), 4-6, 10-8 loss to Luise von Agris of IUP in the quarterfinals.

Fellow seniors Veronika Mikulis (Otterburn Park, Quebec/Heritage Regional) and Alyssa Savill (Holbrook, Australia/Billabong) each tallied one victory in the singles flight of the event. Savill claimed a 6-1, 6-1 win in the opening round before dropping a 6-3, 7-5 match to Jarka Petercakova of IUP, who eventually finished as the singles runner-up. Mikulis registered a 6-0, 6-0 in the first round before losing by a 6-0, 6-2 count to Kayla Frost of Mercyhurst.

In the doubles flight, the Vulcans featured a pair of tandems and each doubles team claimed a first-round victory at the tournament. The duo of Witherspoon and redshirt sophomore Katie Olson (Laguna Niguel, Calif./Dana Hills) claimed an 8-1 victory against Alivia Arnold and Maria Snyder of Clarion before falling by an 8-2 count to Saoia Gomez de Segura and Annie Baich of Mercyhurst in the second round. Mikulis and Savill claimed an 8-4 win over Laura Lopez and Roxana Yeh of Edinboro before suffering a 8-5 loss in the second round to the eventual doubles champions von Agris and Petercakova of IUP.

The Vulcans return to action on Wednesday, Oct. 12, when they travel to face three-time, defending-MEC Champion West Virginia State in Institute, West Virginia, at 4 p.m.