BOX SCORE Grantham, Pa. (May 4, 2019) - #2 Alvernia University fell behind 2-1 after doubles play and could not catch #1 Messiah College as the Falcons defeated the Golden Wolves 5-1 to win the 2019 MAC Commonwealth Women's Team title.
The Falcons opened the scoring with a win an 8-2 win at No. 2 doubles over
Emily Thek and
Laura Covely. Messiah then went up 2-0 with an 8-2 win at No. 3 doubles over
Cassandra Bean and
Leah Kemper.
Alvernia avoided the doubles sweep with
Amanda Phillips and
Ariana Chuprinsky picking up the 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles.
Messiah needed to win just three singles matches to capture the MAC Commonwealth title, and they got to work quickly. Â
The Falcons went up 3-1 with Thek falling 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles. Messiah got its fourth point shortly after at No. 4 singles with Covely falling 6-0, 6-1.
Messiah got its game winning point at No. 5 singles with Bean falling 6-1, 6-0 to end the match.
Chuprinsky's and
Rachel Rineer's matches went unfinished.
Alvernia finishes the season at 15-5. The Golden Wolves were the regular-season runner-up in addition to the postseason runner-up.
