KENOSHA, Wis. – The Carthage College Lady Reds dominated the Milwaukee School of Engineering to open their 2018 spring outdoor season on Wednesday afternoon, defeating the Raiders in a sweep, 9-0.
 
The win sends the Lady Reds to 12-5 in 2017-18, while the Raiders fall to 9-6.
 
The Lady Reds opened with a convincing 3-0 sweep of the double competition as Carthage won 8-1, 8-2 and 8-0 in doubles one through three respectively.
 
The women's tennis squad then carried the impressive performance over into singles, where Carthage did not drop a set in the win.  In order, the Lady Reds got singles wins by Max Mella [6-0, 6-1], Angelica Emmanouil [6-3, 6-0], Natalie Favia [6-1, 6-2], Taylor Bolyard [6-0, 6-0], Lauren Woznicki [6-0, 6-1] and Maria Salerno [6-0, 6-0].
 
Doubles competition
1. Max Mella/Angelica Emmanouil (CARTHAGE) def. Grant, Carly/Soeder, Sammy (MSOE) 8-1
2. Natalie Favia/Lauren Woznicki (CARTHAGE) def. Smith, Cierra/Clements, Katie (MSOE) 8-2
3. Taylor Bolyard/Hannah Haeberle (CARTHAGE) def. Baffin, Kim/Bonie, Cali (MSOE) 8-0
 
Singles competition
1. Max Mella (CARTHAGE) def. Grant, Carly (MSOE) 6-0, 6-1
2. Angelica Emmanouil (CARTHAGE) def. Soeder, Sammy (MSOE) 6-3, 6-0
3. Natalie Favia (CARTHAGE) def. Clements, Katie (MSOE) 6-1, 6-2
4. Taylor Bolyard (CARTHAGE) def. Smith, Cierra (MSOE) 6-0, 6-0
5. Lauren Woznicki (CARTHAGE) def. Chaudhari, Riya (MSOE) 6-0, 6-1
6. Maria Salerno (CARTHAGE) def. Boden, Olivia (MSOE) 6-0, 6-0

The Lady Reds will return to action on Sunday, heading back indoors due to the forcecast, when Carthage takes on Edgewood College at 9:00 a.m. and St. Norbert College at 4:00 p.m.  Both matches will be played at the Racine Tennis Club.