Allegheny Holds Off Wooster in Match Played to Decision

Joanna Tysko

Joanna Tysko won at the top of the singles order for The College of Wooster, but Ohio Northern University cruised through the rest of Tuesday’s non-conference match in Ada, Ohio, as the host Polar Bears prevailed by an 8-1 count.

Tysko and partner Elissa Lauber gave Ohio Northern’s No. 1 doubles team a challenge before succumbing 8-4, however, at second and third doubles, the Polar Bears (17-4) combined to give up just one game as they took a 3-0 lead into singles.

At No. 1 singles, Tysko and Kaitlyn Macdonald played a close first set, with the Scots’ senior standout eventually taking it 6-4, and then she cruised in the second, winning 6-2. Ohio Northern was too deep for Wooster, though, yielding a mere five games in the remaining singles matches.

The Scots (1-9) will look to bounce back on Thursday when they host Baldwin-Wallace College (16-2), another member of the Ohio Athletic Conference, at 3:30 p.m.