JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles won four singles matches to add to a 2-1 doubles advantage and beat Catawba for their first South Atlantic Conference win of the season, 6-3, on Saturday afternoon.
The match was moved from outdoors to the Knoxville Racquet Club after rain rolled into the Jefferson City area.
C-N's Tiffany Delias won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles to lead the singles onslaught. Freshman Jennifer Ott picked up a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 1 singles to help star the rally.
Sophomores Katie Brown and Stefy Stand also picked up wins in singles play. Brown won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3 and Stand rolled to a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 4.
Junior Megan Wilson took a tiebreaker loss at No. 5 singles with the match already decided.
Wilson and Stand gave C-N a decisive 8-2 win at No. 3 doubles, while Catawba retired at No. 2 doubles after C-N took a 3-1 lead.
Wingate made C-N settle for a split in its two weekend SAC matches. The Bulldogs beat the Lady Eagles, 9-0, on Sunday at the C-N Tennis Complex.
Carson-Newman travels to Williamsburg, Ky. for a non-conference match on Thursday. C-N faces the University of the Cumberlands at 2 p.m.
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| Carson-Newman Tennis Complex | |||
| March 24, 2011 | |||
| Carson-Newman 6, Catawba 3 | |||
| No. | Doubles | Score | Order of Finish |
| 1 | Kessler/McKee (CAT) d. Jen Ott/Erin Green (CN) | 9-8 (4) | 3 |
| 2 | Katie Brown/Devon Jennings (CN) d. Prior/Cook (CAT) | 3-1 ret. | 1 |
| 3 | Megan Wilson/Stefy Stand (CN) d. Hall/Kovach (CAT) | 8-2 | 2 |
| No. | Singles | Score | Order of Finish |
| 1 | Jen Ott (CN) d. Kessler (CAT) | 6-4,6-3 | 1 |
| 2 | Prior (CAT) d. Erin Green (CN) | 7-5,6-4 | 2 |
| 3 | Katie Brown (CN) d. McKee (CAT) | 6-4, 6-2 | 3 |
| 4 | Stefy Stand (CN) d. Hall (CAT) | 6-2,6-1 | 4 |
| 5 | Myers (CAT) d. Megan Wilson (CN) | 6-3, 3-6, 10-4 | 6 |
| 6 | Tiffany Delias (CN) d. Kovach (CAT) | 6-0, 6-0 | 5 |