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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Split Squad downed by Marlins, Shoremen

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.  Methodist's women's tennis took on two different non-conference opponents in two locations Sunday, dropping a 7-2 decision at home to Virginia Wesleyan University and falling 6-3 in Ashland, Virginia, to Washington (Md.) College.

THE ESSENTIALS
Final scores: Va. Wesleyan def. Methodist 7-2; Washington def. Methodist 6-3
Records: Methodist 4-7; Va. Wesleyan 1-3; Washington 1-1
Locations: Clayton Tennis Center, Fayetteville, N.C.; Patrick Henry HS, Ashland, Va.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Monarchs got off to a solid start in their home match against the Marlins, taking two of three in doubles play.
  • Sydney Bird and Allyson Hays captured the first Methodist point with an 8-7 (7-5) tiebreak win at No. 3, and then the pairing of Kamdyn Balko and Natalie Collins secured a second point with their 8-5 win at No. 2.
  • Singles action turned unfavorably in the direction of the Marlins, however, who swept all six bouts, four in straight sets.
  • The holdouts were Collins and Hannah Higgins at Nos. 4 and 6, respectively. Collins rallied from a set down to square her match with Anna Rogers by storming to a 6-0 win. The third-set tiebreak went down to the wire, but Rogers was able to prevail 11-9.
  • Higgins had won her opening set, 7-5, but VWU's Amanda Stegemann responded with a second-set win by the same count. Stegemann took the tiebreak set, 10-5.
  • In Ashland, Va., the Monarch doubles teams fell behind the Shoremen, 2-1, with Toni Laney and Taylor Jackson securing the one point in an 8-1 rout at No. 2.
  • Megan Kidd earned Methodist's second point of the match when her opponent, M.C. Diaz-Nazario retired while leading 4-1 in the first set.
  • The last point the Monarchs would claim came at 1-singles with Abby Caddick's straight set 2 and 2 win over Piper Sartison.
  • Laney would bounce back from an opening set loss at No. 2 to force a third set, but Irene Meng squeaked out a 6-4 service-break win to claim the match.
UP NEXT
Methodist will take a big jump up from it's Division III peers for its next opponent, traveling to D-I Elon University on Tuesday for a non-conference match against the Phoenix.
    
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