Friday,
April 11, 2008
HARTLEY
SHINES ON SENIOR DAY, TUSCULUM WOMEN’S
TENNIS WINS 7-2 OVER CATAWBA
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Senior Bronwyn
Hartley recorded a pair of points to lead the No. 37 Tusculum women’s
tennis team to a 7-2 South Atlantic Conference win over Catawba Friday
afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.
The Pioneers (16-3, 5-1 SAC) win their fifth straight match and clinch
the No. 2 seed in next week’s Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament. Catawba slips to 14-8 overall and 4-3 in SAC play.
Tusculum swept all three doubles
points, including an 8-3 decision by Hartley and Blake Thompson in the third flight over Catawba’s Vanessa Silva and Jennifer Dameron. The
Pioneers clinched the victory with a point by Hartley at No. 2 singles and Amanda Pike’s straight set triumph over
Meri Cartmill at the third flight.
Catawba’s Julia McKinzie defeated Jennifer
Sparks 7-5, 7-6 in a hard-fought match at the top flight, while Silva
accounted for another point by the visitors with an 8-6 pro set win over
Thompson at No. 5 singles.
Tusculum will host Wingate on
Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. in the regular season finale for the Pioneers.
- TC -
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No. 37 |
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Singles |
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1
– Julia McKinzie ( |
7-5,
7-6 |
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2
– Bronwyn Hartley (TC) def. KT Rebadow |
6-1,
6-1 |
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3
– Amanda Pike (TC) def. Meri Cartmill |
6-1,
6-0 |
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4
– Katelyn Doss (TC) def. Nikiah Knox |
8-4 |
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5
– Vanessa Silva ( |
8-6 |
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6
– Heidi von der Lage (TC) def. Jennifer Dameron |
8-1 |
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Doubles |
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1
– Caroline Crowe/Doss (TC) def. Knox/Rebadow |
8-5 |
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2
– Pike/Sparks (TC) def. McKinzie/Cartmill |
8-4 |
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3
– Thompson/Hartley (TC) def. Silva/Dameron |
8-3 |