FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. Methodist women's tennis began their spring portion of the schedule with an 6-1 loss to Division II opponent Barton College, on Wednesday afternoon, at Gene Clayton Tennis Center.
Getting the Monarchs their sole point of the day was
Abby Caddick, in the first singles match.
JUST THE FACTS
Final score: Barton def. Methodist, 6-1
Records: Methodist 0-1, Barton 2-2
Location: Gene Clayton Tennis Center; Fayetteville, N.C.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Bulldogs opened up by sweeping all the double matches to take the early advantage.
- Barton won four of the six singles matches in straight sets. Giving the Bulldogs the most trouble was Methodist players Toni Laney and Caddick.
- Laney won the first set 6-2 in the No. 2 match against Maren Kronbeim. Kronbeim came back to take the next set off the tie breaker 7-2, after getting the score to 6-6. The final set saw Kronbeim pull out the victory by winning by a score of 10-5.
- In the No. 1 match, the opening set reached 6-6 to force a tie breaker where Caddick prevailed by winning 7-3. Eimear Maher evened the match by winning the second set 6-4 before Caddick won the match 10-8 in the last set.
UP NEXT
Methodist are back in action on Sunday as the team travels to Piedmont University for a non-conference match-up at 11 a.m.
