Tennis: Red Wolves Face Otterbein

NEW ALBANY, Ohio - The Indiana University East tennis teams dropped contests to Otterbein University on Thursday, April 2.

Otterbein won the men's match 4-3 and the women's contest 5-2.

IU East's men are 6-12 with the women at 5-11. Both teams are 1-1 in the River States Conference as the Red Wolves entertain league foe IU Southeast at Richmond High School on April 12.

On Thursday, Andrea Klaric and Sachin Vanaraja won at No. 1 doubles with Klaric (No. 2), Juan Diego Balao (No. 3) and Clay Conner (No. 6) winning in singles.

On the women's side, Brooke Schafstall (No. 4) and Lexi Wennen (No. 5) were victorious in singles.

Men's Doubles
Andrea Klaric/Sachin Vanaraja (IUE) def. Nikita Kitaev/Jake Chilcote (OU) 6-2
Halen Hamstead/Max Fickas (OU) def. def. Juan Diego Balao/Jace Wilkerson (IUE) 6-2 
Neil Reddy/Sanjan Shanker (OU) def. Bryce Wennen/Connor Burk (IUE) 6-3

Men's Singles
Sanjan Shanker (OU) def. Sachin Vanaraja (IUE) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (7)
Andrea Klaric (IUE) def. Max Fickas (OU) 6-4, 6-1
Juan Diego Balao (IUE) def. Jake Chilcote (OU) 6-1, 6-2
Nikita Kitaev def. Bryce Wennen (IUE) 6-0, 6-0
Neil Reddy (OU) def. Connor Burk (IUE) 6-0, 6-0
Clay Conner (IUE) def. Halen Hamstead (OU) 6-4, 6-3

Women's Doubles
Taryn Simmers/Niya Bell (OU) def. Brooke Schafstall/Gracie Helms (IUE) 6-3
Raina Smith/Breanna Ball (OU) def. Lexi Wennen/Lauren Miller (IUE) 6-2
Caitlin Pennington/Molly Jones (OU) won by forfeit.

Women's Singles
Breanna Ball (OU) def. Gracie Helms (IUE) 6-2, 6-0
Taryn Simmers (OU) def. Chantelle Mapondera (IUE) 6-3, 6-2
Niya Bell (OU) def. Lauren Miller (IUE) 6-4, 6-3
Brooke Schafstall (IUE) def. Caitlin Pennington (OU) 6-1, 6-3
Lexi Wennen (IUE) def. Molly Jones (OU) 6-1, 6-3
Raina Smith (OU) won by forfeit.