By Tim Glon
GAMBIER — Senior Lynn Kelly (Mason) and junior Ashley Ochsenhirt (Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian) led the Ohio Northern women's tennis team on the first day of the Kenyon Invitational on Saturday at Vandenburg Courts.
Kelly went 1-1 in the No. 2 singles flight, winning her first match and dropping her second match in the 8-team bracket. She will compete for third place on Sunday.
Ochsenhirt went 1-1 at No. 1 singles and will play for fifth place on Sunday.
The tournament consists of eight singles flights and four doubles flights with eight competitors in each. Each player will play three times and place positions 1-8 in each of the flights.
The teams played the first two rounds on Saturday and will play the placing matches on Sunday.
Freshman Sabine Worthoff (West Chester/Mount Notre Dame) and sophomore Katie Curry (Oxford/Talawanda ) also went 1-1 and will play for third place in singles flights 6 and 7, respectively.
