Penguins Prevail over Valpo Women's Tennis Saturday
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Penguins Prevail over Valpo Women's Tennis Saturday
Paige Heuer and the Crusaders hosted Youngstown State Saturday at the Valpo Tennis Complex. (Avery Davis)

The Valpo women's tennis fell 7-0 to visiting Youngstown State Saturday at the Valpo Tennis Complex. 

Doubles play saw the Penguins win 6-1 at No. 2 doubles, 6-2 at No. 3, and 6-3 at No. 1.

YSU's Sofia Macias got past Randi Wind (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South) 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4 singles. Halle Roach (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) dropped a 6-0, 6-0 decision at No. 5 to Nehel Sahni. Noelly Longi Nsimba secured the match for Youngstown State at No. 3 by virtue of her 6-0, 6-1 defeat of Meg Modesto (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton). 

Ana Stroe followed with a 6-0, 6-2 victory versus Erin Staal (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven) at No. 6 singles. Paige Heuer (Munster, Ind./Munster) fell 6-1, 6-2 to Annina Brendel. 

Sophomore Kat Hebble (Sellersburg, Ind./Silver Creek) took Dominika Lackova to a third-set tiebreaker, but Lackova eked out a 6-3, 3-6, 10-1 triumph at No. 1.

Valpo (2-19, 1-7 Horizon) will close out the regular season Sunday afternoon at home versus Cleveland State (13-8, 7-1 Horizon). First serve is slated for 3:00 pm CT.