March 26, 2008

BREVARD, NC - The Brevard College women's tennis team got back on the winning track on Wednesday afternoon, as the Tornados defeated the Lions of Mars Hill 8-1 in the Tornados first home match in over three weeks.
                
The Tornados jumped out to a 3-0 lead, as BC swept all three doubles bouts from the Lions.

At the No. 1 doubles spot, the BC duo of Kimberly Dixon and Lindsay Shaeffer defeated Mars Hill's Kim Blythe and Patricia La Rovere, 8-4.  The team of Kimberlee Cooper and Kayley Duval stormed past Mars Hill's team of Rachel Hall and Adriana Borda with an 8-3 win at the No. 2 doubles match, while at the No. 3 position, the tandem of Sara Douglas and Merek Slagle downed Karyn Devinney and Paoloa Aybar of Mars Hill, 8-4.

The Tornados did not stop there as Brevard went on to win five of the six singles contests to score the 8-1 victory and their first win over a South Atlantic Conference opponent on the year.

Freshman Lindsay Shaeffer defeated La Rovere of Mars Hill, 7-5, 6-2 at the No. 1 singles spot, while BC's Duval dropped Blythe of Mars Hill in straight sets 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 3 position.  

Not to be outdone, the Tornados Sara Douglas cruised past Devinney of the Lions at the No. 4 spot, winning in straight sets 6-2, 6-1.

At the No. 5 position, Cooper blew past Aybar 6-4, 6-0, while Brevard's Slagle cruised past Hall of Mars Hill in straight sets 6-1, 6-1, at the No. 6 singles slot.

Brevard 8, Mars Hill 1

Doubles
1. (BC) Dixon/Shaeffer def. (MH) Blythe/La Rovere - 8-4
2. (BC) Cooper/Duval def. (MH) Hall/Borda - 8-3
3. (BC) Slagle/Douglas def. (MH) Devinney/Aybar - 8-4

Singles
1. (BC) Lindsay Shaeffer def. (MH) Patricia La Rovere - 7-5, 6-2
2. (MH) Adriana Borda def. (BC) Kimberly Dixon - 7-5, 6-2
3. (BC) Kayley Duval def. (MH) Kim Blythe - 6-0, 6-1
4. (BC) Sara Douglas def. (MH) Karyn Devinney - 6-2, 6-1
5. (BC) Kimberlee Cooper def. (MH) Paola Aybar - 6-4, 6-0
6. (BC) Merek Slagle def. (MH) Rachel Hall - 6-1, 6-1

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