Women's Tennis | 3/2/2013 7:03:00 PM

Virginia Beach, Va. -- The Methodist women's tennis team earned a 6-3 win over Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon.

The Monarchs won 2-of-3 doubles points and then took four the six singles matches to improve to 1-1 on the season. Hillary Petruska and Kelli Shelton each posted a pair of wins on the day. Petruska, winning her singels match in straight sets after teaming with Isabella Graf to post an 8-4 win in doubles. And Shelton, also a winner in straight sets in singles, teamed with Emily Talley to record an 8-3 win at No. 3 doubles.

Methodist will now take on Salisbury on Sunday at 12:00 pm

Methodist University 6, Virginia Wesleyan 3

 Singles competition
1. Lauren Brooker (VWCW) def. Katherine Meindl (MUW) 6-4, 6-1
2. Laura Baker (MUW) def. Sara Yousif (VWCW) 6-0, 6-3
3. Victoria Ryherd (VWCW) def. Isabella Graf (MUW) 7-6(3), 3-6, 11-9
4. Kelli Shelton (MUW) def. Mia Proctor (VWCW) 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
5. Rachel Purser (MUW) def. Hannah Parent (VWCW) 6-1, 6-0
6. Hillary Petruska (MUW) def. Stephanie Bittner (VWCW) 6-1, 6-2

 Doubles competition
1. Lauren Brooker/Sara Yousif (VWCW) def. Katherine Meindl/Laura Baker (MUW) 8-3
2. Hillary Petruska/Isabella Graf (MUW) def. Victoria Ryherd/Victoria Torres (VWCW) 8-4
3. Kelli Shelton/Emily Talley (MUW) def. Stephanie Bittner/Mia Proctor (VWCW) 8-3

Match Notes:
Methodist University 1-1
Virginia Wesleyan 1-3