Lady Eagles fall at Tusculum, 6-3
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum College won the final three singles matches to break a 3-3 tie and defeat Carson-Newman 6-3 in South Atlantic Conference women's tennis action Thursday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum College won the final three singles matches to break a 3-3 tie and defeat Carson-Newman 6-3 in South Atlantic Conference women's tennis action Thursday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.
The Pioneers (9-4, 3-1 SAC) helped head coach Tommy Arnett earn his 301st victory at Tusculum shortly after the men finished off a 7-2 victory over the Eagles for the 300th combined win in Arnett's 10 years as head coach. Carson-Newman fell to 4-6 overall and 0-4 in the SAC with the loss.
Tusculum took a 2-1 lead after doubles play, with Courtney Conley and Taylor Patterson picking up an 8-1 win over Kylie Elliott and Taryn Cappadona at flight one and Megan Buckmaster and Blake Thompson earning an 8-5 victory at flight three over Katie Brown and Megan Wilson. At flight two, the Eagles grabbed a point behind Stefy Stand and Stephanie Goode, who defeated Kristen Keefer and Katie Hillis 8-5.
Carson-Newman evened the match in the top half of singles, behind a 6-2, 6-1 win by Stand over Buckmaster at flight three and a 7-5, 6-4 victory at flight two by Cappadona over Patterson. Conley evened the match at flight one by rallying for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 win over Elliott.
Tusculum regained the lead at 4-3 when Keefer defeated Brown 6-2, 6-1 at flight four and clinched the win shortly after when Hillis finished off a 6-2, 6-3 victory at flight six over Wilson. Thompson added the final point by defeating Goode 6-1, 6-4 at flight five.
Carson-Newman returns to action at home against Newberry on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the C-N Tennis Complex.
