The Muhlenberg Weekly

Issue date: 4/5/07 Section: Sports

Women's Tennis is off to a solid start this spring season. On Wed., March 21, they played Haverford and came out with a 5-4 win. Senior Pam Kimmelman and sophomore Jenn Powell won their first singles matches of the season, and along with sophomore Carly Rotfeld, each won their doubles and singles matches. Kimmelman and Powell teamed up at No. 1 doubles for an 8-5 win, leading the rest of the team to their first Centennial Conference victory of the season.

Next up on the schedule was McDaniel on Sun., March 25, and the Mules would shut them out 9-0, playing a mere 29 games. Kimmelman, Powell and Rotfeld combined to only lose a single game as Kimmelman won 6-0, 6-0 in singles and at No.1 doubles with Powell, 8-0. Junior Jacquelyn Magner and sophomores Maddy Goldfarb and Olga Skroopad also won their first singles victories of the season.

Two days later on Tues., March 27, the Mules dropped their winning streak against Bryn Mawr, losing 5-4. Powell, Kimmelman and Rotfeld won in straight sets, but it was not enough. Kimmelman won back-to-back matches 6-0, 6-0, and Rotfeld continued her undefeated season. The loss did not faze them though, and on Sat., March 31, the team headed to Dickinson where they would resume their winning ways. Winning 5-4, Powell, Kimmelman and Rotfeld, again, led the way. Powell and Kimmelman won 9-7 at No. 1 doubles and Rotfeld became a perfect 5-0 at No. 3 singles.

Finally, the Mules kicked off April on Sun., April 1 at Mary Washington, a team ranked 10th in the nation. Rotfeld won yet again, 6-0, 6-0, an impressive victory against a player ranked 32nd in the Atlantic South Region. But in the end, the Mules fell 7-2.

The Men's Team has found similar success early in the '07 season. Tues., March 20, they faced the team ranked 30th in the nation, Haverford, and fought hard but lost by a final score of 6-3. Muhlenberg's three team points broke Haverford's shutout streak as they were the first points they have given up all season. Senior Michael DiVita and sophomore Tim Ness won 8-3 at No. 3 doubles, and freshman Mark Apostolos won his first match of his career at No. 6 singles in three sets. Junior Jamie Goldman also came out victorious, winning his singles match in straight sets.

Sun., March 25, the Mules battled McDaniel, hoping to add on to their string of 23 consecutive wins against the McDaniel squad. They kept close throughout, but the Mules pulled away to a 5-4 win. Sophomore Brian Wernick won in straight sets at No. 1 singles, and freshman Jonathan Farber won in three sets at No. 3 singles. Finally, Goldman, Ness and DiVita also provided singles wins for the Mules.

The next day, the team faced DeSales for the first time in ten years and came out with a decisive 8-1 win. The Mules swept doubles and won five of six singles matches, with the No. 2 doubles team of Ness and DiVita winning a close one. At No. 1 doubles, junior Jesse Kirschenbaum and Apostolos also won a close match, 8-6. At No. 1 singles, Wernick won his match on a supertiebreaker, 10-3.

Ursinus was up next, and the Mules kept on rolling. With a new doubles lineup, the Mules won 9-0. The No. 1 doubles team of freshman Robbie Goldwein and junior Doug Wayne won 8-5, and the No. 2 doubles team of Wernick and Farber won 8-3. Goldwein and Apostolos won in singles supertiebreakers at No. 1 and No. 4 respectively. Last up was an impressive Johns Hopkins team. Ranked 21st in the nation, Johns Hopkins beat the Mules 8-1, with Wernick providing Muhlenberg's lone point against a tough opponent.

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