Women's Tennis Calms Tornado
The Mars Hill women’s tennis team picked up a 7-2 victory over King on Tuesday afternoon at the King Tennis Courts.
BRISTOL, TENN. - The Mars Hill women's tennis team picked up a 7-2 victory over King on Tuesday afternoon at the King Tennis Courts. Mars Hill improves to 3-4 on the season, while King drops to 4-5.
Tatiana Dualiby, Lucy McLauren and Jade Henke won both of their matches. Dualiby and McLauren teamed up to win number one doubles with an 8-3 victory over Ashley Salazar and Katya Cerny. Dualiby also won number one singles, defeating Cerny by a pair of 6-3 scores. McLauren defeated Mariana Hosomi 6-2, 6-3 in number three singles. Henke and Grace Diepenbrock won number three doubles 8-4 over Alyssa Salazar and Haley Maloney. Henke earned her second victory of the afternoon over Alyssa Salazar in number four singles, winning 6-3, 6-4.
Anna Rickenbaker won number two singles 6-4, 4-6, 10-7 over Naomi Reyes. Natalie Hilbig won number five singles 6-2, 6-2 over Claudia Morris.
Mars Hill hits the road this weekend for a weekend conference doubleheader, visiting Anderson on Saturday and Lenoir-Rhyne on Sunday.
Tennis Match Results
Mars Hill University vs King University
02/25/14 at Bristol, Tenn.
(King Tennis Courts)
Mars Hill University 7, King University 2
Singles competition
1. Tatiana Dualiby (MHUW) def. Katya Cerny (KING) 6-3, 6-3
2. Anna Rickenbaker (MHUW) def. Naomi Reyes (KING) 6-4, 4-6, 10-7
3. Lucy McLauren (MHUW) def. Mariana Hosomi (KING) 6-2, 6-3
4. Jade Henke (MHUW) def. Alyssa Salazar (KING) 6-3, 6-4
5. Natalie Hilbig (MHUW) def. Claudia Morris (KING) 6-2, 6-2
6. Haley Maloney (KING) def. Grace Diepenbrock (MHUW) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Tatiana Dualiby/Lucy McLauren (MHUW) def. Ashley Salazar/Katya Cerny (KING) 8-3
2. Mariana Hosomi/Naomi Reyes (KING) def. Anna Rickenbaker/Dafna Porat (MHUW) 8-3
3. Jade Henke/Grace Diepenbrock (MHUW) def. Alyssa Salazar/Haley Maloney (KING) 8-4
Match Notes:
Mars Hill University 3-4
King University 4-5