LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Four Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference women’s tennis teams were in action this weekend, putting together a cumulative record of 4-4.
Colorado College opened up their spring season with a win over Colorado Christian University on the road, while Schreiner University and Texas Lutheran University traveled to Abilene, Texas to take on McMurry University and Hardin-Simmons University.
Southwestern played host to
Colorado College
The Tigers earned a 9-0 win over Colorado Christian
Saturday to kick off the spring season. In doubles action, Mary
Edman and Fiona Cerf teamed up to earn a win in the top spot, 8-3.
In the No. 2 spot, Maggie Harwood/Maddie Cayhill won 9-8 and at No.
3 Natalia Dellavalle and Gillian Hyde teamed up for an 8-0 shutout
victory. All six of these players won their respective singles
categories, with three of the matches going to a third set.
Dellavalle downed Katy Balli 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 at the No. 3 spot and
Cahill wont the No. 5 match 1-6, 6-2, 1-0. Edman won the other
three-setter with a 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 triumph at the No. 2 position.
Cerf won at the No. 1 spot, Harwood took a win at No. 4 and Hyde
rounded out the group at No. 6.
Schreiner University
The Mountaineers went 1-2 this weekend, defeating Our
Lady of the Lake University, but falling to McMurry and
Hardin-Simmons. Against OLLU, SU took down the Saints 9-0. The No.
1 doubles team of Karyn Swink and Abby Knedlik won, 8-0, and in the
top singles spot, Leanna Hayes got a straight set win, 6-0, 6-0. At
No. 5 singles, Brooke Ohlman also took down her opponent 6-0, 6-0.
In the No. 3 and No. 4 spots, Knedlik and Brittney Garza,
respectively, each won their matches 6-1, 6-0. As the team traveled
to Abilene, their unbeaten streak ended with a morning loss to
McMurry (8-1). The Mountaineers only win against the War Hawks came
at No. 2 singles where Alex Wheeler posted a straight set victory.
The only other SU player to win a set was Swink at No. 3 singles.
She fell in a tiebreaker 2-6, 6-2, (10-2). Later in the day, the
Mountaineers took on HSU, but fell 5-4 to the Cowgirls. Schreiner
got wins by Hayes/Camile Anguiano and No. 1 doubles and Kelsey
Buczowski/Katie Watts at No. 3. HSU swept No. 1, 2 and 3 singles,
before Swink won her match at No. 4. Knedlik won at No. 6, but the
Mountaineers fell after Buczowski had to retire in her No. 5 match
with an injury.
Southwestern University
The Pirates went 3-0 this weekend, including a 9-0 win in
their home opener against Howard Payne University. Friday, SU
battled it out against the Yellow Jackets, beginning with a win at
No. 1 doubles as Julie Swets and Emilie Moeller teamed up to win
9-8. At No. 2, Nicole Wilson/Kali Rose pulled out an 8-6 win and
Virginia Stofer/Maranda Kahl won 8-3 in No. 3 doubles. In singles
action, Marieke Visser won 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 in the No. 1 spot, while
Swets won in straight sets at No. 2. Moeller dropped her first set
in No. 3 singles 2-6 before rallying to take the match. Wilson
dominated in No. 4 singles with an easy 6-0, 6-0 win and Rose took
No. 5 6-2, 6-0 while Stofer finished out the day with a 6-1, 6-0
win at No. 6. The Pirates continued their hot streak Saturday as
they took down Mary Hardin-Baylor 7-2 and University of the
Southwest XX. Against UMHB, the Pirates swept doubles play.
Moeller/Swets took the No. 1 match 9-7, Rose/Wilson won 8-5 at No.
2 and Kahl/Stofer finished 8-6 at No. 3. In singles action, Swets
earned the first win, earning a straight-set win, 6-0, 6-0. Wilson,
Rose and Kahl took the No. 4, 5 and 6 spots, respectively, in
straight sets. The Pirates faced University of the Southwest on
Saturday as well, defeating the Mustangs 7-2. After doubles play,
SU was up 3-0, but USW came back with wins at No. 1 and No. 2
singles. Stofer earned a straight set win at No. 3 singles, but
Mattie Cryer faced a tough challenge in the No. 4 spot, going three
sets, 4-6, 6-1, 14-12. Southwestern won by forfeit in the No. 5/6
spots.
Texas Lutheran University
The Bulldogs fell to McMurry and Hardin-Simmons by
identical scores of 5-4 this weekend on the road. Against HSU, the
pair of Sofia Vega and Allison McLain got things started off well,
winning the No. 1 double spot 8-5, but TLU couldn’t pick up
another win in doubles actions and entered singles down 2-1. The
Bulldogs took the top three spots in singles to take a 4-2 lead,
but fell in the No. 4, 5 and 6 spots. A similar result happened
against McMurry, as Vega, McLain and Caitlin Zarr each won their
singles matches at No. 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Vega/McLain earned
an easy 8-2 win at No. 1 doubles, but the team fell 5-4 to the War
Hawks.
