EDINBORO, Pa. - The Roberts Wesleyan women's tennis team opened the spring portion of its season with a 5-4 win over Atlantic Region rival Edinboro University in a match played in Erie Pa.
 
The Lady Scots opened the scoring by taking the doubles point with 6-2 and 6-3 wins at first and second doubles respectively.  RWC bounced back with wins at 6^th, 5^th and 3^rd singles. 
 
Laura Freeman defeated Paige Morris 6-0, 6-0 at 5^th singles and Marousia Bosch defeated Jelena Vucenovic 6-2, 6-4 at 3^rd singles to give RWC a 3-1 lead.   Edinboro's Tatiana Batalla defeated Andrea Gallardo in three sets at 2^nd singles to close the gap.  RWC's Bijisha Shrestha clinched the win for the Redhawks with a convincing 6-0, 6-0 win over Hannah Brentar at 4^th singles. 
 
Edinboro closed out the scoring when Laura Lopez defeated Nthabi Mogopodi 6-4, 7-6, 10-7 at first singles.
 
The 9-7 Redhawks, currently ranked No. 10 in the East Region by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, are off until March 15^th when they travel to New Hampshire to take on NE 10 rivals Franklin Pierce, Southern New Hampshire and St Anselm.