Blackburn Tennis falls to Greenville on Senior Night

The Blackburn College Women's Tennis Team was defeated by Greenville College by the score of 7-2 on Monday April 15, 2019 at Blackburn College in Carlinville, IL.

Gariel Pierce and Asia Coleman both played there last home match in their college career. Pierce has played four years and has been a captain for one year. She also won the SLIAC All-Academic team award three times and was voted the MVP of her team her junior season. Coleman has played for three years. When asked about Coleman's performance Coach Vallero says "She has greatly improved since last year and put in a lot of work over the summer and this past fall."

Scores:

Singles:

#1 Gariel Pierce defeated Emma Wieland 6/2 7/5

#2 Erica Bechtold was defeated by Claudia Principal 6/0 6/2 7/5

#3 Rachel Bly was defeated by Courtney Blaser 6/2 6/2

#4 Asia Coleman was defeated by Annie Bellinger 6/4 6/1

#5 Anicca Mackay-Slavin defeated Samantha Siefken 6/3 6/3

#6 Morgan Zobrist was defeated by Maddi Walsh 6/1 6/2

Doubles:

#1 Gariel Pierce and Erica Bechtold were defeated by Emma Wieland and Courtney Blaser 8/1

#2 Rachel Bly and Morgan Zobrist were defeated by Claudia Principal / Annie Bellinger 8/1

#3 Asia Coleman and Anicca Mackay-Slavin were defeated by Samantha Siefken and Maddi Walsh 8/3

UP NEXT: The team will travel to Godfrey, IL to take on Lewis and Clark Community College on Tuesday, April 16^th. Friday the 19^th the SLIAC tournament begins.