Tuesday,
April 15, 2008
NO. 2 SEED TUSCULUM DEFEATS LENOIR-RHYNE 5-0,
PIONEERS
ADVANCE IN FOOD LION SAC WOMEN’S TENNIS TOURNAMENT
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum College’s Amanda Pike accounted for a pair of points as the second-seeded
Pioneers posted a 5-0 victory over No. 7 Lenoir-Rhyne College in a quarterfinal
match of the 2008 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women’s Tennis
Tournament, held Tuesday at the Nichols Tennis Complex.
Tusculum (18-3), ranked No. 37
in NCAA Division II, advances Friday’s semifinal match against No. 6 seed
Newberry College. That contest will be
held at the Rock Hill Tennis Center in Rock Hill, S.C., beginning at 9 a.m. Lenoir-Rhyne ends its season with a 6-8
record.
Tusculum swept all three doubles
points, including an 8-1 pro set win by Pike and Jennifer Sparks at the second flight against the L-R duo of Jennifer Binney
and Ashley Halvorson.
Pike defeated Binney at No. 3 singles, 6-1, 6-0, while Heidi von der Lage won her No. 6 singles battle against Amanda Hunsucker,
6-3, 6-0.
Friday will be a rematch of last
year’s SAC Tournament semifinal between Tusculum and Newberry, which the Lady
Indians prevailed 5-2. Tusculum defeated
Newberry earlier this month in a 5-4 thriller.
- SAC –
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No. 2 Tusculum 5, No. 7 Lenoir-Rhyne
0 |
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Singles |
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1
– Jennifer Sparks (TC) vs. Kate Meiners (LR) |
DNF |
|
2
– Bronwyn Hartley (TC) vs. Ashley Halvorson (LR) |
DNF |
|
3
– Amanda Pike (TC) def. Jennifer Binney |
6-1,
6-0 |
|
4
– Katelyn Doss (TC) vs. Kelli Ball (LR) |
DNF |
|
5
– Blake Thompson (TC) vs. Becka Rhoney
(LR) |
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|
6
– Heidi von der Lage
(TC) def. Amanda Hunsucker |
6-3,
6-0 |
|
Doubles |
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|
1
– Caroline Crowe/Doss (TC) def. Ball/Meiners |
8-4 |
|
2
– Sparks/Pike (TC) def. Binney/Halvorson |
8-1 |
|
3
– Hartley/Thompson (TC) def. Hunsucker/Rhoney |
8-4 |