Andriana Nunic and
Caitlin Heston both won their first match before being eliminated at the
PSAC individual championship being held at Shippensburg.
Nunic, IUP’s No. 1
player, earned a first round bye and then defeated Shana Morris of East
Stroudsburg, 6-4, 6-1. Nunic pushed Slippery Rock’s Kayla Blackburn to
a second set tiebreaker before dropping a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) decision.
Heston, who plays No. 2
singles for the Crimson Hawks, defeated Mandie Rutt of East Stroudsburg,
6-0, 6-1, in the first round and then fell to Nina Kowalski of
California, 6-1, 6-0.
Nunic and Heston also
teamed up in the doubles tournament. After receiving a bye in the first
round, the duo lost to the Slippery Rock tandem of Kayla and Samantha
Blackburn, 8-0.
The tournament was the
final event of the fall season for IUP. The spring season gets under
way in March.