Women’s Tennis Loses Hard-Fought Home Battle to Otterbein

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS – Entering the day, John Carroll Women’s Tennis harbored hopes of playing spoiler and claiming a share of the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season title. Alas, the Otterbein Cardinals, now three-time reigning OAC regular season champs, held off the Blue Streaks in a 6-3 decision. With the defeat, JCU drops to 3-2 in conference play with one left to go. The start spelled trouble for John Carroll in doubles. Madeline Kavenagh and Evelyn Deren opened with an 8-2 defeat at No. 1 doubles. Felicity Kolb and Sarah Sgambati dropped next with an 8-4 loss at No. 2. Otterbein…