Wednesday, March 21, 2007

PIONEERS DEFEAT LADY EAGLES 7-2 IN SAC TENNIS CLASH

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The No. 40 Tusculum College women’s tennis team swept all three doubles matches, including a key 9-7 pro set win by the TC duo of Danae Valderrama and Samantha Cantu as the Pioneers defeated Carson-Newman College 7-2 Wednesday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

The Pioneers improve 8-2 overall and 2-0 in the South Atlantic Conference, while the Lady Eagles (6-5, 3-1 SAC) suffer their first league set-back of the season.

Caroline Crowe and Bronwyn Hartley recorded an 8-5 win at No. 2 doubles over the C-N duo of Emily Sorah and Amanda Bartlett. Amanda Pike and Jennifer Sparks posted the first points of the match with their 8-1 win at No. 3 doubles.

Tessa Caprio and Bartlett recorded wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively to cut the deficit to 3-2. But Cantu, Hartley, Pike and Crowe each posted straight set victories to seal the victory.

Tusculum will be at Catawba College this Saturday for a 2 p.m. SAC match. Carson-Newman will host Milligan College this Sunday.

- TC -

No. 40 Tusculum 7, Carson-Newman 2
Singles
1 – Tessa Caprio (CN) def. Danae Valderrama	6-4, 6-4
2 – Amanda Bartlett (CN) def. Jennifer Sparks	6-1, 6-0
3 – Samantha Cantu (TC) def. Elizabeth Sneed	6-3, 6-3
4 – Bronwyn Hartley (TC) def. Emily Sorah	6-0, 6-3
5 – Amanda Pike (TC) def. Cassie Moulton	6-0, 6-1
6 – Caroline Crowe (TC) def. Kellie Rimmer	6-4, 6-0
Doubles
1 – Valderrama/Cantu (TC) def. Caprio/Sneed	9-7
2 – Crowe/Hartley (TC) def. Sorah/Bartlett	8-5
3 – Pike/Sparks (TC) def. Moulton/Rimmer	8-1