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Midway Women's Tennis Downs Emory & Henry, 4-1, Tuesday Afternoon

Midway Women's Tennis Downs Emory & Henry, 4-1, Tuesday Afternoon
Posted: Mar 05, 2024

BRISTOL, Tenn. - The Emory & Henry College Men's Tennis Team (2-4) and Women's Tennis Team (2-3) split a pair of non-conference matches with Midway University Tuesday afternoon at the Ida Jones Tennis Center in Bristol, Tennessee. The men's squad defeated the Eagles 4-2 while the women fell 4-1.

The Basics
MEN'S SCORE - Emory & Henry 4, Midway 2
WOMEN'S SCORE - Midway 4, Emory & Henry 1
LOCATION - Bristol, Tennessee
VENUE - Ida Jones Tennis Center
MEN'S RECORDS - Emory & Henry (2-4, 0-1 SAC); Midway (3-3, 0-0 River States)
WOMEN'S RECORDS - Emory & Henry (2-3, 0-1 SAC); Midway (3-3, 0-0 River States)

Women's Match
- The Eagles won matches at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles to take the doubles point and establish a 1-0 lead.
- Sophomore Nina Williams (Fleet, ENGLAND) was victorious at No. 3 singles, taking down her opponent by a 7-5, 7-5 scoreline.
- Sophomore Natalie Bergmann (Forest Hills, N.Y.) battled at No. 2 singles, but eventually fell by a 7-5, 5-7, 0-1 (10-12) score after an epic third-set tiebreaker.
- Sophomore Katie Bradley (Auchterarder, SCOTLAND) won the opening set of her match, but it was abandoned because of time constraints with the score at 6-4, 4-5.

Men's Match
- The doubles partnership of sophomore Kartik Parhar (Ludhiana, INDIA) and junior Branson Smith (Fletcher, N.C.) dominated their opponents at No. 1 doubles 6-1. Sophomore Diego Alvarez (Bogota, COLOMBIA) and freshman Will Bayliss (Totland, Isle of Wight, ENGLAND) won a thriller by a 7-6 (7-4) margin at No. 3 doubles to give the Wasps the 1-0 advantage.
- Parhar picked up a win at No. 1 singles, dispatching Daniel Pinzon of Midway 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8) in a hard-fought three-set match.
- Smith dominated German Collado at No. 2 singles by a wide 7-5, 6-0 margin.
- Alvarez defeated Owen McCarter in straight sets at No. 6 singles 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) to clinch the win for E&H.

Up Next
- Emory & Henry will be back in action on Sunday, March 10 when they travel to Salisbury, North Carolina for matches against Catawba College and the University of Mount Olive. First serve is scheduled for 11:00 a.m.

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