Bethany, WV-The D'Youville women's tennis team started the weekend off strong defeating Bethany College 5-4.  

Dena Iadanza (Vestal, NY/Vestal) lead the Spartans winning both her singles and doubles matches.  She defeated her singles match-up 6-0 in the first set and 6-4 in the second.  With the help of Amanda Waliszewski (Sanborn, NY/Niagara-Wheatfield) the pair added another point for D'Youville winning 8-4.   

Lauren Karoglan (Orchard Park, NY/ Orchard Park) and Alisson Meissner (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg) both dominated in their matches with Karoglan winning 6-3 and 6-1, while Meissner won 6-2 in both sets.  Gillian Wittig (Depew, NY/Depew) also gave D'Youville a point by winning in her singles match 7-5 and 6-4.

The whole Spartans squad put up a well fought fight with additional efforts from Lexi Dickson (Hamilton, Ont./Frontier) and Bryannia Sutton (Mexico, NY/Mexico).  

The Spartans next match is tomorrow, September 30 at Franciscan University.