Women's Tennis Competes at ASC
Individuals
The SU tennis team traveled to
Abilene this weekend to participate
in the ASC Individual Championship.
The results of the women’s
performance are due to the hard work
and dedication on and off the tennis
courts. Here's a quick recap
of the action in both singles and
doubles.
Women’s Doubles:
In
women’s doubles in Flight 1, the
team of veteran Michelle Martinez
and rookie Michelle Walton played
really well in a tough match against
Howard Payne University, but despite
playing as well as they did, they
dropped the match 5-8. In Flight 2
doubles, senior Brady Phillips and
sophomore Lynne Collenback made it
look easy winning their tough match
8-5 against University of the
Ozarks. In Flight 3 doubles,
freshman Victoria Lopez and
sophomore Carol Pope played a tough
match, despite nerves, against
Mississippi College, but dropped the
match 0-8.
Women’s Singles:
In
women’s singles, the ladies played
really well. It was a time for them
to stand out and show their talent
on their own. In the first round,
Victoria Lopez and Lynne Collenback
each received a bye. Michelle
Martinez played an intense match
against UT-Dallas, but despite
playing really well, dropped her
match 3-6, 6-6 and made it into the
consolation semifinals winning her
match against McMurry University
3-6, 6-1, 10-7. This opened her way
to the consolation finals. She
played a really tough match against
Howard Payne University, but came up
short 3-6, 0-6. Michelle Walton
played a tough match against Howard
Payne University, but lost in the
end 3-6, 2-6 and made it to the
consolation semifinals, but dropped
3-6, 0-6 against Mississippi
College. Brady Phillips played
against Mississippi College, but her
dropped her match by scores of 1-6,
0-6 and made it into the consolation
semifinals playing against
University of the Ozarks, but lost
in a hard match 1-6, 3-6. Carol Pope
lost in her match against McMurry
University, 0-6, 0-6, leading her
into the consolation semifinals.
Again, she came up on the the short
side against Mississippi College,
2-6, 2-6. Chandler Culbreath played
well in a match against McMurry
University, but dropped 1-6, 4-6,
leading her into the consolation
semifinals, but despite playing
tough, she lost.
Making
it to round two, Lynne Collenback
lost in her match against UT-Tyler,
1-6, 0-6 and advanced into the
consolation semifinals. She then
played UT-Dallas, but dropped that
match, 0-6, 2-6. Also making it to
round two, Victoria Lopez had a
tough time against Hardin Simmons
University, but lost 0-6, 0-6. She
then made it into the consolation
semifinals and fell to UT-Dallas,
1-6, 1-6.
SU
Women’s Tennis showed great
improvement from last year. The team
had a lot of fun and are really
looking forward to playing in their
next and last tournament of the fall
season in San Antonio.
