The \#21 Sewanee women's tennis team got back to their winning ways Friday as they topped SCAC rival Oglethorpe University, 8-1, on the Stormy Petrels' home court. The Tigers swept the doubles competition in convincing fashion, allowing the Petrels to pick up just four games, before winning five of six singles matches to take home the victory. The win pushes Sewanee to 12-4 on the season.
Sewanee won easily at each of the three singles matches with Kate Stanford (Mountain Brook, Ala., Mountain Brook) and Jenny Liles (Little Rock, Ark., Mount St. Mary) starting things off at \#1 doubles. Stanford and Liles teamed up to take out Oglethorpe's Jayme Danielson and Katarina Te, 8-1, before Anne Garland (Richmond, Va., St. Catherine's ) and Michelle Flume (San Antonio, Tex., St. Mary's Hall) paired up at \#2 doubles and topped Caffery Francis and Kate Siess, 8-3. Sewanee's Laura Szyperski (Atlanta, Ga., Lovett) and Lindsay Wilburn (Hilton Head, S.C., Hilton Head Christian) won at \#3 doubles, taking home an 8-0 win over the Petrel pair of Sarah Duff and LaDonna Barnes.
Wilburn also picked up a win at \#1 singles, topping Danielson, 7-6 (4), 6-1, while Oglethorpe got their only point of the day at \#2 singles, with Francis edging out Sewanee's Derry Roberson (San Ignacio, Belize, St. Stephen's Episcopal), 4-6, 6-3, 10-5. Tiger Mary Taylor Tepper (Richmond, Va., The Steward School) won at \#3 singles, downing Te, 7-5, 6-1, and Meredith Lawrence (Nashville, Tenn., Harpeth Hall) got a point for Sewanee at \#4 singles, defeating Duff, 6-3, 6-0. Kathleen Catherall (Nashville, Tenn., Harpeth Hall) won at \#5 singles after downing Siess, 6-1, 6-0, and Elizabeth Lee (Decatur, Ga., Woodward Academy) rounded out the Tiger win at \#6 singles, taking down Clara Reinheimer, 6-1, 6-1.
The Tigers will be back in action Saturday when they face conference rivals Centre and Hendrix in Atlanta.
RESULTS
\#21 Sewanee 8, Oglethorpe 1
1. Jenny Liles/ Kate Stanford (S) def. Jayme Danielson/ Katarina Te, 8-1
2. Anne Garland/ Michelle Flume (S) def. Caffery Francis/ Kate Siess, 8-3
3. Laura Szyperski/ Lindsay Wilburn (S) def. Sarah Duff/ LaDonna Barnes, 8-0
1. Lindsay Wilburn (S) def. Jayme Danielson, 7-6 (4), 6-1
2. Caffrey Francis (OU) def. Derry Roberson, 4-6, 6-3, 10-5
3. Mary Taylor Tepper (S) def. Katarina Te, 7-5, 6-1
4. Meredith Lawrence (S) def. Sarah Duff, 6-3, 6-0
5. Kathleen Catherall (S) def. Kate Siess, 6-1, 6-0
6. Elizabeth Lee (S) def. Clara Reinheimer, 6-1, 6-1
