Box Score As of April 15, there were only two unbeaten teams left in the Ohio Athletic Conference women's tennis standings -- 4-0 John Carroll and 3-0 Otterbein action Saturday.

As of April 16, there is only one.

The two first place teams in the OAC met head-to-head Saturday at Hathaway Brown School in nearby Shaker Heights, and its was John Carroll who got the upper hand with a decisive 8-1 victory over the Cardinals.

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The doubles competition was all John Carroll, as the Blue Streaks won all three matches in close fashion.  Lauren O'Malley and Madisyn Rini won for the eighth time in their last nine matches with an 8-56 deicison over Rylie Markle and Adrien Leatherwood. The team's lone senior Catherine Engel celebrated "Senior Day" with partner Jennifer Stroyne with a win in the #2 matchm 8-5.  Nicolette Bourlas and Katherine Devine, paired for just the second time all year, outlasted Sophie Allen and Emily Quill, 9-7.

In singles player, JCU had a more comfortable times as a whole. O'Malley was a straight set winner at #1, as was Rini at #2, Engel at #4 and Devine at #5. Stroyne had to go to a tiebreak third set in her #6 singles match, prevailing 12-10 in the final frame.

John Carroll improves to 9-3 overall with the win, and 5-0 in the OAC. Otterbein University, which lost for just the second time this year and for the first time in league play, fell to 13-2 and 3-1 in the OAC