2020 LYCOMING COLLEGE SPRING MAGAZINE

Her first season, she tied the school’s single-season wins record as a singles player, winning 14 matches. More impressively, she teamed with Julia Nagle ’20 to win a school- record 15 doubles matches, despite never playing doubles before. “Even though I am in my fourth season, I am still trying to figure out doubles,” Hannah said. “It’s so much fun because you aren’t the only one on the court and you can bounce off each other’s energy. Even though I am not the best at it, I love doubles now.” Hannah’s success propelled the team to a school-record 13 wins and the following year, they added 10 more while she won a school-record 16 singles matches. The wins continued to pile up through her junior year when she became the first Lycoming student-athlete to win 10 conference player of the week awards in a career. She started off her senior year by breaking the College’s career doubles wins record with the 40th win of her career in early September 2019 with a new partner, freshman Aubrey Chambers ’23, who teamed with Hannah for 11 wins during the fall. “Aubrey is a lot of fun because she is great at the net,” Hannah said. “She is also double my height. We really are the perfect two opposite people who happen to work really well together.” By early October, it was time for another record to fall, when she broke the College’s career combined wins record of 86, as she has now won 47 singles matches and 45 doubles matches entering the spring portion of the tennis schedule. “Obviously, the records were not something I thought about when I started to play here,” Hannah admitted. “I was just excited to play tennis on a team that was supportive. I know a lot of it has been because of my doubles partners; they have all been really strong players who carried me a lot of the time.” With 10 more matches scheduled this spring, Hannah will need just two more singles wins to break the final single- season or career wins mark that has eluded her. While she goes after the record, she will also have a chance to cheer on her brother, who is a freshman on the men’s team. “Franklin and I have always had a tight sibling bond,” Hannah said. “I love hanging out with him at practice or when we have matches together, getting to cheer each other on. He doesn’t hide any emotion he is feeling on the court.” Much like the yin and yang of her doubles partner, Aubrey, who plays better at the net than Hannah, a baseline specialist, Frank’s style contrasts with his sister’s, for the most part. “You see that emotion a little bit with me, but it’s not as dramatic,” she said with a smile. “I try to hide it.” After the spring, Hannah said she will keep playing tennis, but for now she is happy to get one more chance to enjoy her final season with her teammates. “Playing college tennis has been one of the favorite decisions that I have ever made,” she said. “Especially here, where I can have fun, focus on school, and be close to home so my parents could come and watch.” Playing college tennis has been one of the favorite decisions that I have ever made. . . ESPECIALLY HERE. 27 www.lycoming.edu