SHERMAN, Texas – Fifth-seeded Schreiner University pulled off the first seed upset of the 2024 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Championship with a 5-4 quarterfinal victory over fourth-seeded University of St. Thomas Friday afternoon at Bearcat Tennis Complex at Sherman High School in Sherman, Texas. Official Website | Postmatch Interview | Photo Album
Schreiner, who dropped its final regular season match six days ago to the Celts, upped its record to 8-9 and will face top-seeded Trinity at 1 p.m. CT tomorrow in the day’s opening semifinal – a match that will be played at Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex at SMU. St. Thomas finishes the 2024 campaign with a 5-6 record.
The Mountaineers jumped out to a 2-1 lead after doubles as the second line of Daniella Rodriguez and Mackenzie Griffin secured an 8-2 victory and the third line of Rachel Rompel and Katherine Bergeron won 8-5 to give the Mountaineers the edge going into singles.
St. Thomas’ Lucia Rodriguez evened the match at 2 all after her 7-5, 6-1 win over Schreiner’s Victoria Morales at the No. 2 line, but Griffin gave the advantage right back to the Mountaineers with a 6-1, 6-4 victory at the No. 5 line.
Back-to-back wins, however, by St. Thomas’ Ella Mullins (7-5, 6-3) and Jenny Reynolds (7-6, 6-0) at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, tipped the margin to 4-3 in favor of the Celts with two matches remaining on the court.
After Schreiner’s Bergeron’s 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 6 singles evened the match at 4-4, all eyes shifted to the top line between the Mountaineers’ Hannah Reyna and the Celts’ Anamaria Gonzalez. After securing a 6-2 opening set win, Schreiner’s Reyna closed out the match with a decisive 6-0 win in the third set – propelling the Mountaineers into the semifinal round for the first time since 2021.
SCHREINER UNIVERSITY 5, UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS 4
April 26, 2024 at Sherman, Texas (Bearcat Tennis Complex, Sherman HS)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Hannah Reyna (SCH) def. Anamaria Gonzalez (UST) 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 |
| 2. Lucia Rodriguez (UST) def. Victoria Morales (SCH) 7-5, 6-1 |
| 3. Ella Mullins (UST) def. Daniella Rodriquez (SCH) 7-5, 6-3 |
| 4. Jenny Reynolds (UST) def. Rachel Rompel (SCH) 7-6 (7-1), 6-0 |
| 5. Mackenzie Griffin (SCH) def. Karissa Guzman (UST) 6-1, 6-4 |
| 6. Katherine Bergeron (SCH) def. Nataly Velasco (UST) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Anamaria Gonzalez/Lucia Rodriguez (UST) def. Hannah Reyna/Victoria Morales (SCH) 8-6 |
| 2. Daniella Rodriquez/Mackenzie Griffin (SCH) def. Ella Mullins/Karissa Guzman (UST) 8-2 |
| 3. Rachel Rompel/Katherine Bergeron (SCH) def. Nataly Velasco/Aimee Tran (UST) 8-5 |
| Match Notes |
| T-2:00 |
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Schreiner will face top-seeded Trinity University at 1 pm in Saturday's opening semifinal. This is Schreiner's first trip to the SCAC semifinals since 2021 and fifth apperance in program history. In those previous four semifinal contests, Schreiner is 1-3, advancing to the SCAC Title match in 2014.