FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.  Turnabout was fair play Saturday at the Clayton Tennis Courts as the visiting team won by the same score for the second straight year, this time allowing University of Lynchburg to escape with a 5-4 non-conference women's tennis victory over host Methodist.

Last year in an early-season match it was the Monarchs that finished with a 5-4 win at Lynchburg.

THE ESSENTIALS
Final score: Lynchburg def. Methodist, 5-4
Records: Methodist 2-2, Lynchburg 1-0
Location: Clayton Tennis Center; Fayetteville, N.C.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Singles action was a draw as each team captured one of the six singles bouts.
• The difference in the team scoring began, then, in doubles action where the Hornets earned two of three points.
• Toni Laney and Taylor Jackson made quick work of their opponents in the 2-doubles slot, earning a solid 8-1 win.
• The matches at Nos. 1 and 3 were more competitive, but turned Lynchburg's way.  At No. 1, Christina Harris and Lauren Pascadlo teamed up to take an 8-6 win over Methodist's Abby Caddick and Sydni Lewis. And in the 3-doubles slot, it was the Hornets duo of Elizabeth Teefey and Alexa Hardesty that outlasted the Monarchs' Jill Lawrence and Kamdyn Balko, 8-5.
• Laney picked up her second point of the afternoon in singles, scoring a resounding 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 2 over Lynchburg's Teefey.
• Megan Kidd and Balko also won in straight sets for Methodist's other two singles points. Kidd pounded out a 3 and 1 win over Pascadlo at No. 4, and Balko won a second-set tiebreak in her 6-2, 7-6(2) victory in the No. 5 spot.
• The only singles match to extend to a third set was at No. 6, where Lynchburg's Caroline Guill fought to a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 triumph over the Monarchs' Valeria Matute.

UP NEXT
Methodist continues non-conference action with a Sunday match at the Tennis Center, taking on Sweet Briar College at 12 p.m.