Hendrix's Mesnil wins ITA Southwest Region Women's Singles Title

Hendrix's Mesnil wins ITA Southwest Region Women's Singles Title

(From the Hendrix website)

TYLER, Texas - Hendrix College first year Claire Mesnil won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Division III Southwest Women's Regional Tournament on Sunday at the Summers Tennis Center. Mesnil teamed up with first year Kwynn Biggs to finish second in the doubles competition.

Mesnil (Avignon, France) won the 58-player singles bracket after being seeded at No. 4. Mesnil beat top-seeded sophomore Katy Poettcker of SCAC foe Trinity University, 6-2, 6-0 in the semifnals.

Mesnil's opponent in the finals would be the No. 3 seed, Katie Griffith of Trinity. She cruised to her fifth victory in three days, 6-1, 6-2, to claim the singles championship.

In the doubles finals, University of Texas at Tyler's senior Beth Launius and sophomore Michelle Hagler faced off against Mesnil and Biggs (Lake Charles, La.).

The UT Tyler duo swept the first set, 6-0, but would run into some trouble in the second set.

Launius and Hagler jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, but Mesnil and Biggs would win the next three games to tie the match.

The Patriots and the Warriors would trade games back and forth until Launius and Hagler finally put the Hendrix duo away, 7-5.

This was the first ITA Regional win of any kind for the Warriors. Mesnil automatically earns All-American honors from the ITA at the conclusion of the spring season.

Mesnil will now advance to ITA Small College Nationals on Oct. 15 at the Copeland-Cox Tennis Center in Mobile Ala. The singles and doubles winners from the Southwest region must face their counterparts from the Pacific Northwest region in a play-in match. Mesnil will take on Elise Otto of Whitman College.

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