Women's Tennis | 3/14/2015 12:59:00 PM

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The women's tennis team dropped the final match of its spring break trip, 5-4, on Saturday morning to Berry College.
 
The close battle began with two wins by the Monarchs (5-4) in doubles play. Isabella Graf and Sam Munze topped Mary Cerny and Lauren Byrket, 8-4, at No. 1 and Davi Barbour and Riley Zopp bested the pair of Maggie Midkift and Kat Pugh, 8-4, in the match on court two.  
 
Berry College collected wins from four of the singles matches, but Graf was able to grab a win in a close 6-4, 1-6, 10-7 battle over Cerny at No. 1. In the sixth matchup, Stephanie Hunter added another point for Methodist with a win over Emmie Cornell 6-2, 7-5.
 
Methodist will play its first of 11 straight conference matches in Demorest, Ga. against host Piedmont College on Sunday beginning at 10 am.


Match Results

Singles competition
1. Isabella Graf (MUWT) def. Mary Cerny (BCW) 6-4, 1-6, 10-7
2. Laren Byrket (BCW) def. Sam Munze (MUWT) 7-5, 6-4
3. Kaleigh Carpenter (BCW) def. Abigail Randolph (MUWT) 6-5, 6-5
4. Heidi Seabaugh (BCW) def. Davi Barbour (MUWT) 6-0, 6-0
5. Maggie Midkiff (BCW) def. Emily Talley (MUWT) 6-1, 6-1
6. Stephanie Hunter (MUWT) def. Emmie Cornell (BCW) 6-2, 7-5
 
Doubles competition
1. Isabella Graf/Sam Munze (MUWT) def. Mary Cerny/Laren Byrket (BCW) 8-4
2. Kaleigh Carpenter/Heidi Seabaugh (BCW) def. Abigail Randolph/Emily Talley (MUWT) 8-3
3. Davi Barbour/Riley Zopp (MUWT) def. Maggie Midkiff/Kat Pugh (BCW) 8-4

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