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Women's Tennis

Emory & Henry Women's Tennis Beats Mary Baldwin And William Peace On Saturday

Sabina Chernega goes for a backhand.
Posted: Apr 02, 2022

STAUNTON, Va. - The Emory & Henry College Women's Tennis Team (8-7) picked up a pair of wins on Saturday on the campus of Mary Baldwin University. The Wasps defeated the Fighting Squirrels by a 8-1 score to start the day and claimed a 4-0 shutout victory over William Peace University to close things out.

The Basics
MATCH ONE - Emory & Henry 8, Mary Baldwin 1
MATCH TWO - Emory & Henry 4, William Peace 0
LOCATION - Staunton, Virginia
VENUE - MBU Courts
RECORDS - Emory & Henry (8-7)

The Mary Baldwin Match
 The match was played under Division III rules with each doubles match counting for an individual point. E&H jumped out to a 3-0 lead through the doubles portion of the contest as freshmen Sabina Chernega (Odesa, UKRAINE) and Mackenzie Graham (Tazewell, Va.) won 8-0 at No. 1.

Junior Payton Holt (Mount Ulla, N.C.) and freshman Bronwyn McAlindon (Kingsport, Tenn.) won 8-2 at No. 2 while sophomore Tess Flanigan (Marietta, Ga.) and freshman Sueanna Breedlove (Midlothian, Va.) grabbed an 8-2 win at the third flight.

In singles play, Chernega grabbed a 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (3) win at the premier pairing as Holt won - 6-2, 6-2 - at No. 2. Sophomore Molly McMichael (Riner, Va.) defeated her opponent by a 6-1, 6-2 score at the third flight as junior Makenzie Mendler (Fuquay-Varina, N.C.) earned a 6-4, 6-3 victory at the fifth spot. McAlindon won the first set, 6-2, at No. 6 before her opponent retired.

The William Peace Match
Emory & Henry won the doubles point by taking the top flight, 6-4, on the efforts of Holt and Mendler while McMichael and freshman Ann Gray Perdue (Bluefield, Va.) claimed a 6-1 victory at No. 2.

Chernega won her second No. 1 singles match of the day - 6-3, 6-0 - while Flanigan stepped into the second flight for a 6-0, 6-3 victory. Breedlove closed out the match with an 8-7 "pro-set" victory at No 3.

Up Next
Emory & Henry will close out the season with three home matches this coming weekend. The Wasps will host Bluefield University on Friday (3 p.m.), Midway University on Saturday (noon) and Johnson & Wales (N.C.) University on Sunday (1 p.m.).

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