ROME, Ga. After a strong season for Methodist women's tennis, it came to a close on Friday afternoon after losing a tough match to opponent Piedmont University (No. 1 West) in the Semifinals of the USA South Women's Tennis Tournament, held in Rome, Georgia.
The Monarchs and Lions were tied at four all with the final singles match of
Toni Laney and Abbey Grace Venham still in action. After splitting sets one and two it came down to a tie breaking third set. Laney could not render more gas in the tank and came up short in the last set, 6-2.
JUST THE FACTS
Final scores: Methodist def. Huntingdon, 9-0
Records: Methodist 14-7, Huntingdon 8-8
Locations: Rome Tennis Center; Rome, Georgia
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Monarchs opened the day taking all three doubles matches.
- Valeria Matute and Megan Kidd secured the first win with the best score of 8-1 over opponents Melissa Gish and Maggie Moody in the No. 3 spot.
- The next two wins followed with closer matches as Abby Caddick and Kamdyn Balko won 8-5 at the No.1s and Toni Laney and Jill Lawrence won 8-4 at the No. 2s.
- The lone win in singles came from Caddick as she won in the No. 1 position, 6-1 and 6-2.
- Lawrence and Kidd both had good runs in the No. 3 and No. 4 singles, as they both dropped their sets 7-5 and 6-2.
- Veva Willocks was the only Monarch to compete in just singles as she faced Alyssa McSpadden in the sixth position but lost 6-3 and 6-1.
- The Lions took five of the six singles matches to steal the 5-4 victory over the Monarchs.
UP NEXT
This concludes Methodist's regular season and post season play for the 2022 season.
