Saturday, April 21, 2007

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

NEWBERRY ELIMINATES TUSCULUM WOMEN 5-2 AT SAC TOURNAMENT

 

                GREENEVILLE, Tenn. ---In a four-and-a-half hour marathon, Newberry captured four singles wins, including a trio of three-set thrillers as the Lady Indians moved onto the finals with a 5-2 win over host Tusculum in semifinal action of the 2007 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis Tournament. The tournament is being held at the Nichols Tennis Complex on the campus of Tusculum College.

 

                Newberry jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as Isabel Kreidler and Bethany Poppe won 8-1 over TC's Bronwyn Hartley and Caroline Crowe at No. 2 doubles.

 

                Tusculum bounced back as the top flight duo of Danae Valderrama and Samantha Cantu were victorious 8-6 in pro set.  TC took its first lead of the day when the duo of Jennifer Sparks and Amanda Pike outlasted NC's Chanelle Clare and Tanea Miller 9-7.

 

                Kriedler sparked the Newberry rally at No. 3 singles as she dropped the first set to Cantu 6-3, but rallied to win the final two frames 6-3, 6-3 to tie the match at 2-2.

 

                The Lady Indians regained the lead at No. 1 singles when Mortimer battled Valderrama to a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 marathon.  But the match of the day came at the second flight between Newberry's Lauren Hartley and Sparks.  Hartley won the opening set 6-4, but Sparks answered with a 7-5 win in the second.  Hartley closed out the match with a 7-5 win in the final frame as Newberry moved up 4-2.

 

                Miller sealed the win at No. 4 singles as she won 6-3, 6-3 over TC's Bronwyn Hartley for the fifth and deciding point.

 

                It was a unique family affair on Saturday as Bronwyn (TC) and Lauren (NC) Hartley are sisters. 

 

- SAC -

 

No. 2 Newberry 5, No. 3 Tusculum 2

 

Singles

 

1 - Autise Mortimer (NC) def. Danae Valderrama

6-4, 5-7, 6-4

2 - Lauren Hartley (NC) def. Jennifer Sparks

6-4, 5-7, 7-5

3 - Isabel Kreidler (NC) def. Samantha Cantu

3-6, 6-3, 6-3

4 - Tanea Miller (NC) def. Bronwyn Hartley

6-3, 6-3

5 - Chanelle Clare (NC) vs. Amanda Pike (TC)

DNF

6 - Bethany Poppe (NC) vs. Heidi von der Lage (TC)

DNF

Doubles

 

1 - Valderrama/Cantu (TC) def. Mortimer/L. Hartley

8-6

2 - Kreidler/Poppe (NC) def. B. Hartley/Caroline Crowe

8-1

3 - Sparks/Pike (TC) def. Clare/Miller

9-7

Records: Newberry 11-6; Tusculum 15-6