Lady Tigers Double up Lady Eagles, 6-3, in Women’s Tennis
Marion, AL—The Lady Tigers won two of their doubles matches (Anna Waller/Kitty Greenwalt and Ksenia Vasilyev/Kathryn Risner) by identical 8-4 scores and two of their singles matches (Greenwalt and Risner) by identical 6-1, 6-1 scores to put four points on the board. MMI's Vasilyev won in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6 (2), over Meridian's Zoe Freke, and Waller outlasted Meridian's Elisiva Latu, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0, to bring the final match score to 6-3 in favor of the Lady Tigers.
MMI 6, Meridian 3
Doubles Competition
1. Waller/Greenwalt (MMI) def. Freke/Latu (MCC) 8-4
2. Vasilyev/Risner (MMI) def. Vanhorn/Ward (MCC) 8-4
3. Welborn/Murphree (MCC) def. Azzaro/Shandreika Crocker (MMI) 8-1
Singles Competition
1. Ksenia Vasilyev (MMI) def. Zoe Freke (MMI) 6-1, 7-6 (2)
2. Anna Waller (MMI) def. Elisiva Latu (MCC) 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
3. Kitty Greenwalt (MMI) def. Rachel VanHorn (MCC) 6-1, 6-1
4. Kathryn Risner (MMI) def. Tessa Ward (MCC) 6-1, 6-1
5. Britney Murphree (MCC) def. Gianna Azzaro (MMI) 7-5, 6-3
6. Autumn Welborn (MCC) def. Catherine Taylor (MMI) 6-2, 6-2
Next Up: The Lady Tigers head to Bay Minette, AL, to square off against the Lady Sun Chiefs of Coastal Alabama Community College-South in a 1:00 p.m. match on Wednesday, February 26.