WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. On Sunday, March 24, Methodist University women's tennis traveled to Salem College to take part in another USA South Athletic Conference match. The road Monarchs proved they were better team by beating the home Spirits 8-1.
JUST THE FACTS
Final score: Methodist def. Salem, 8-1
Records: Methodist 4-4 (2-0 USA South), Salem 3-5 (0-1)
Location: Bert Lain Tennis Center; Winston-Salem, North Carolina
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Methodist took two out of three double flights to begin the match. The tandem of Emma Hulicki and Annabelle Subirats swept, 8-0, their foes on the number two court. The Monarchs top double's pair of Toni Laney and Veva Willocks played in a much tougher match but still ended up with an 8-6 win.
- Subirats also had a clean sweep (6-0, 6-0) victory in her singles flight, No. 4. With identical set scores of 6-1, 6-1, Laney and Willocks won their respective matches, on court one and five.
- Getting Methodist its sixth point was Katie Sechrist, who won in No. 6 singles 6-0, 6-1. After losing in doubles, Caitlin Tihanovich was able to taste victory in No. 3 singles. She dropped the opening set 1-6 but then took set two by a score of 6-2. In the decisive super tiebreaker set, she won 6-3.
- Hulicki's single flight, court two, was not as easy as her doubles match. Her first set required a tiebreaker, 7-6 (7-4), before avoiding a second consecutive tiebreaker, 7-5, in the second set.
UP NEXT
Methodist will play another USA South match, at home, against Meredith College on Tuesday, March 27. The match is scheduled to begin at 3 PM.
