Friday, March 21, 2008

VON DER LAGE SCORES WINNER, PIONEERS BEAT BOBCATS 5-4

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Heidi von der Lage won the deciding point at No. 6 singles as the Tusculum College women’s tennis team edged Lees-McRae College 5-4 Friday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

Tusculum (11-2) won two of the three doubles matches, while splitting at singles, including von der Lage’s 6-3, 6-3 win over Katie Hawkins to break a 4-4 tie.

Tusculum opened with an 8-2 doubles win at the top flight as Caroline Crowe and Katelyn Doss defeated Andrea Balaszova and Amanda Nacimento. TC also got a No. 3 doubles win by Bronwyn Hartley and Blake Thompson.

Hartley accounted for another point in her No. 2 singles victory over Balaszova (6-3, 6-4), while Doss also won her No. 4 flight battle with Nacimento, 6-3, 6-3.

Cameron Joyce and Ashley Mayers won their respective singles matches for Lees-McRae (5-7) tie the contest at 4-4, setting up von der Lage’s (pronounced von der lay) heroics.

Tusculum travels to Carson-Newman on Wednesday for an important South Atlantic Conference in Jefferson City, Tenn.

- TC –

Tusculum 5, Lees-McRae 4
Singles
1 – Christine Vanard (LMC) def. Jennifer Sparks	6-0, 6-0
2 – Bronwyn Hartley (TC) def. Andrea Balaszova	6-3, 6-4
3 – Ashley Mayers (LMC) def. Amanda Pike	6-2, 6-3
4 – Katelyn Doss (TC) def. Amanda Nacimento	6-3, 6-3
5 – Cameron Joyce (LMC) def. Blake Thompson	6-0, 6-4
6 – Heidi von der Lage (TC) def. Katie Hawkins	6-3, 6-3
Doubles
1 – Caroline Crowe/Doss (TC) def. Balaszova/Nacimento	8-2
2 – Joyce/Vanard (LMC) def. Pike/Sparks	8-4
3 – Hartley/Thompson (TC) def. Mayers/Renee Roberson	8-6