FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. The No. 64 Methodist women's tennis team finishes the regular season in second place in the USA South Conference by handing Southern Virginia their first conference loss, 6–1, on Wednesday at Clayton Tennis Center.
"Today was a tough test for our team," stated Head Coach Scott Handback. "It was very hot with highs in the mid-90s, and our players had to deal with a lot of emotion in securing the conference win. Now we head into the weekend with our final non-conference match before the conference tournament."
JUST THE FACTS
Final Scores: Methodist def. Southern Virginia 6–1
Records: Methodist 13–2 (4–1 USA South); Southern Virginia 7–3 (2–1 USA South)
Location: Gene Clayton Tennis Center; Fayetteville, North Carolina
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Monarchs raced out to a 1-0 lead, capturing all three doubles matches with Emma Hulicki and Shea Bieniek winning 6-3 at No. 1 doubles, Caitlin Tihanovich and Helen Hofmann winning 7-6 (7-0) at No. 2 doubles, and Katie Sechrist and Addison Haden winning 6-0 at No. 3 doubles.
- Methodist then won five of the six singles matches to capture the team match 6-1. Emma Hulicki won 7-5, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, while Caitlin Tihanovich won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 3 singles. Shea Bieniek continued her successful ways, winning 6-2, 6-1 at No. 4 singles. Wrapping up the match was Katie Sechrist winning 6-1, 6-3 at No. 5 singles and Addison Haden winning 6-2, 6-2 at No. 6 singles. Helen Hofmann dropped the lone singles match with a closely contested 7-5, 6-4 loss at No. 2 singles.
UP NEXT
The Monarchs travel to Belmont Abbey on Friday for an exhibition match at noon before heading to the mountains to take on NAIA foe Montreat College on Saturday at 3 PM.
