VIDEO: Cat Collins Interview

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - On a rainy Mossy Creek Friday, Carson-Newman beach secured their eighth and ninth straight wins of the season after home matches against Catawba and Erskine. The Eagles will stay on home turf for two more games tomorrow, also against Catawba and Erskine.  

"I really liked the way we finished today." said head coach Cat Collins. "We did really well playing with the conditions and using them to our advantage."

Rain or shine, Collins has proven to have molded a tough group of girls, who can withstand whatever mother nature throws their way. 

"It wasn't really a hinderance to us, it's something that we practice in, whether its raining or snowing, we're always out there. It's just a matter of switching our mindset to bearing with it and not playing against it."

The Eagles began their day against the Catawba Indians at 11 am, and rendered a 4-1 win to start off. C-N won in the first, second, third, and fifth seeds. Catawba managed to only clinch a win in the fourth flight where Quareels & Kimbro defeated  Ehlers and Foy 21-17 and 21-19. 

The Hall/Halcrow combo in the third seed earned the highest marginal win over their opponents, allowing only a total of 17 points from Whittal and Ball.

Match 1 C-N vs Catawba, 4-1

1 #25 Sierra Still and #2 Truth Hafey def # 1 Christina Knotts and #4 Morgan Childress 21-19, 21-16

2 #14 Ava Fountain and #11 Jenny Ille def #23 Savanna Corrales and #11 Lauren Shepard 21-10, 21-15

3 #1 Mckenna Hall and #20 Paige Halcrow def #24 Jada Whittal and #3 Ragan Ball 21-11, 21-6

4 #13 JJ Quareels and #15 Kennadi Kimbro def #10 Camryn Ehlers and #7 Morgan Foy 21-17, 21-19

5 #18 Trinity Hafey and #8 Kat Nelson def #2 Katie Willingham and #20 Brooklyn Calkins 21-10, 21-15

Carson-Newman's match against Erskine marked their 6th sweep of the season and an improvement from their 4-1 win last weekend. 

"They kind of have a style that they all play in, so we were definitely prepared for that coming into this weekend."

The Hall/Halcrow combo once again secured the highest marginal win, allowing only a collective 14 points from Preston an Haselden. 

Match 2 C-N vs Erskine, 5-0 

1 #25 Sierra Still and #2 Truth Hafey  def #17 Sam Bebber and #41  Elly Davis 21-9, 25-23

2 #14 Ava Fountain and #11 Jenny Ille def #55 MJ Cackett and #14 Phoenix Slager 21-19, 21-11

3 #1 Mckenna Hall and #20 Paige Halcrow def #7 Kayley Preston and #51 Anna Haselden 21-7, 21-7

4 #10 Camryn Ehlers and #7 Morgan Foy def #43 Katarnia Diaz and #34 Sarilyne Walley 21-12, 21-17

5 #18 Trinity Hafey and #8 Kat Nelson def #2 Caroline Kelly and #6 Paige Knotts 25-23, 21-13

Exhib #13 Bennett McCombs and #3 Madeline Holmes def #1 Katherine Anderson and #9 Abby Johnson 21-10, 21-13

The Eagles return to the courts on Saturday, March 2nd at 9 am against Catawba.