SCAC Women's Tennis Recap - Week Two

SCAC Women's Tennis Recap - Week Two

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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Six SCAC women’s tennis teams were in action as the second full week of competition wrapped up on Sunday. 

Schreiner posted a perfect 2-0 week as the Mountaineers earned hard-fought 5-4 victories over both St. Thomas and Concordia (Texas) on Saturday. Senior Iris Montero picked up wins in both matches at the No. 6 line, including the match-clincher against Rachel Sweitzer against Concordia by the score of 7-5, 7-6(4).

Southwestern defeated I-35 rival University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, 9-0, Friday evening in Belton, Texas. The Pirates dominated doubles with wins of 8-1, 8-0 and 8-0. 

For singles, Nina Mitrofanova defeated Victoria Rendon at No. 1 for a second time (6-1, 6-1), and Nina Elez also defeated Alondra Torres Diaz, sweeping (6-0, 6-0) while playing at No. 2. Taylor Despriet, Sara Le and Chandler Vrba would all sweep their matches (6,0 6,0) and Meeshti Shethia picked up a victory (6-0, 6-1) over Sydney Andersen at the No. 6 spot.

Texas Lutheran improved to 4-1 overall with a 9-0 non-conference victory Saturday over Howard Payne, dropping only two games total in the six matches. In doubles play, TLU won 8-3, 8-3, and 8-0.

Samantha Stafford, Mary Eby, Bailey Denton, and Liz Perkins each recorded 6-0, 6-0 wins in singles.

The 18th-ranked Trinity women split its dual matches Saturday in the Tigers home debut at the Butch Newman Tennis Center. The Tigers lost 7-0 to NCAA Division II member St. Edward's (Texas) University. Trinity opened its Division III campaign with an 8-1 victory over the University of St. Thomas (TX) in the second match of the day.

The only win for the Tigers against 16th-ranked St. Edward's was at #1 doubles as Zoe Kaffen and Mary Kaffen won their matchup 6-4. In the match with St. Thomas, Trinity swept the doubles competition and the Tigers won five of the six singles matches. DeBauge moved into the top slot for a win, Garcia was the winner of #3 singles, Markiewicz took line four, Mary Kaffen was victorious in the fifth, and Maddee Williams Koeller was a straight-sets winner at #6.

SCAC women’s tennis action continues with five teams in action this week, including Austin College and Schreiner who both play twice. 

For links to box scores and recaps from all of last week's season-opening spring action, click below: 

This Week's Results:

Date Away Home Status Links
February
Fri. 7 Southwestern (Tex.) 9 Mary Hardin-Baylor 0 Final
Sat. 8 St. Thomas (Tex.) 4 Schreiner 5 Final
  St. Edward's 7 Trinity (Tex.) 0 Final
  Austin College 1 Southeastern Oklahoma 6 Final
  Texas Lutheran 9 Howard Payne 0 Final
  Concordia (Texas) 4 Schreiner 5 Final
  St. Thomas (Tex.) 1 Trinity (Tex.) 8 Final
  McPherson 6 Colorado College 1 Final
Sun. 9 Colorado College 7 Hastings 0 Final
  St. Thomas (Tex.)   Concordia (Texas)   Cancelled

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