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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | 2/7/2024 10:43:00 PM

Tigers collect season opener win against No. 5 Tennessee Wesleyan

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#1 Doubles
FINAL	1
Alcala, Olivia / Berne, Laia [TWC]	2
Despriet, Brooke / Petty, Katherine [SEW]	8

#2 Doubles
FINAL	1
Chasset, Mercedes / Richardet, Julia [TWC]	4
Livingston, Sarah / Nowak, Nicole [SEW]	8

#3 Doubles
FINAL	1
Staksrud, Astrid / Prat, Ivet [TWC]	8
Carpenter, Ansley / Wilson, Ivy [SEW]	4

#1 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Alcala, Olivia [TWC]	6	4	6
Despriet, Brooke [SEW]	4	6	3

#2 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Berne, Laia [TWC]	4	4
Petty, Katherine [SEW]	6	6

#3 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Chasset, Mercedes [TWC]	1	6
Carpenter, Ansley [SEW]	6	7

#4 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Canadas, Raquel [TWC]	6	2
Livingston, Sarah [SEW]	7	6

#5 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Prat, Ivet [TWC]	4	7	14
Congeni, Mariella [SEW]	6	6	12

#6 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Beltramino, Julieta [TWC]	6	6
Caldwell, Emma [SEW]	3	0

SEWANEE, Tenn. – Sarah Livingston clinched the Tigers' home opener against Tennessee Wesleyan on Wednesday night in women's tennis action. Sewanee picked up the win against the #5 ranked team in the NAIA, 5-4 in the Charlotte Guerry Indoor Courts on Wednesday, Feb. 7.

The Tigers got off to a 2-1 lead after doubles play. Brooke Despriet and Katherine Petty, #3 in the national doubles rankings, took down their opponents in convincing fashion, 8-2, at the top spot.

At #2 doubles, Nicole Nowak and Sarah Livingston picked up the second doubles point with another dominating 8-4.

The Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs got their lone doubles win beating Sewanee's Ansley Carpenter and Ivy Wilson, 8-4.

Entering singles play, Katherine Petty finished off her opponent, 6-4, 6-4, in dominating fashion, much like her doubles match earlier in the day. At line three, Ansley Carpenter collected the Tigers' fourth win of the day with a 6-1, 7-6 (3).

Brooke Despriet played a tight three-set match at the number one spot, losing the first set by a break, 4-6. She fought back in the second set, flipping the scoreboard and winning 6-4. Ultimately, Despriet lost the third set, 3-6, to Wesleyan's Alcala.

Sarah Livingston clinched the match for Sewanee at the number four spot, as she collected a convincing win 7-6 (2), 6-2.

At number five, freshman Mariella Congeni played a tight three-set match against Prat of Tennessee Wesleyan. Congeni picked up the first set 6-4 but lost the second set in a tiebreaker. She ultimately fell in a grind of the third set breaker, 12-14. Emma Caldwell played six for the Tigers and fell 6-2, 6-0.

Sewanee plays another exhibition match on February 11 against NAIA team, Cumberland University, on Sunday at 11 a.m. CT.

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