Lady Eagles fall at home to Tusculum
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles earned their lone point from Tiffany Delias at No. 6 to avoid a shutout at the hands of visiting Tusculum. 8-1, on Wednesday afternoon at the C-N Tennis Complex. Delias beat the Megan Buckmaster, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 12-10 in the day’s most exciting match to give the Lady Eagles a point.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles earned their lone point from Tiffany Delias at No. 6 to avoid a shutout at the hands of visiting Tusculum. 8-1, on Wednesday afternoon at the C-N Tennis Complex.
Delias beat the Megan Buckmaster, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 12-10 in the day's most exciting match to give the Lady Eagles a point.
C-N continues to play without its No. 1 singles player and senior Kylie Elliott.
C-N struggled in doubles and lost all three points to fall into an early hole.
Katie Brown hung tough in her first set, losing 7-5, 6-0 at No. 3 singles for the shorthanded Lady Eagles.
Carson-Newman returns to action in its hurried South Atlantic Conference schedule on Friday and Saturday. C-N hosts Catawba on Friday at 2 p.m. and Wingate on Saturday at 11 a.m. The matches are C-N's fifth and six league matches in a 10-day stretch.
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| Carson-Newman Tennis Complex | |||
| March 21, 2012 | |||
| Tusculum 8, Carson-Newman 1 | |||
| No. | Doubles | Score | Order of Finish |
| 1 | Verner/Doss (T) d. Jen Ott/Erin Green (CN) | 8-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Conley/Patterson (T) d. Katie Brown/Devon Jennings (CN) | 8-3 | 3 |
| 3 | Buckmaster/Hutchinson (T) d. M. Wilson/Stefy Stand (CN) | 8-4 | 2 |
| No. | Singles | Score | Order of Finish |
| 1 | Holly Verner (T) d. Jen Ott (CN) | 6-0,6-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Katelyn Doss (T) d. Erin Green (CN) | 6-3,6-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Courtney Conley (T) d. Katie Brown (CN) | 7-5,6-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Taylor Patterson (T) d. Stefy Stand (CN) | 1-6, 6-3,10-3 | 4 |
| 5 | Kate Hutchinson (T) d. Megan Wilson (CN) | 6-2, 6-0 | 5 |
| 6 | Tiffany Delias (CN) d. Megan Buckmaster (T) | 6-7(4), 6-4, 12-10 | 6 |
| Location | |||
| Carson-Newman Tennis Complex | |||
| March 21, 2012 | |||
| Tusculum 8, Carson-Newman 1 | |||
| No. | Doubles | Score | Order of Finish |
| 1 | Verner/Doss (T) d. Jen Ott/Erin Green (CN) | 8-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Conley/Patterson (T) d. Katie Brown/Devon Jennings (CN) | 8-3 | 3 |
| 3 | Buckmaster/Hutchinson (T) d. Megan Wilson/Stefy Stand (CN) | 8-4 | 2 |
| No. | Singles | Score | Order of Finish |
| 1 | Holly Verner (T) d. Jen Ott (CN) | 6-0,6-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Katelyn Doss (T) d. Erin Green (CN) | 6-3,6-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Courtney Conley (T) d. Katie Brown (CN) | 7-5,6-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Taylor Patterson (T) d. Stefy Stand (CN) | 1-6, 6-3,10-3 | 4 |
| 5 | Kate Hutchinson (T) d. Megan Wilson (CN) | 6-2, 6-0 | 5 |
| 6 | Tiffany Delias (CN) d. Megan Buckmaster (T) | 6-7(4), 6-4, 12-10 | 6 |