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April 22, 2009
BREVARD, N.C. – The fourth-seeded Brevard College women’s tennis team downed fifth-seeded Mars Hill, 5-1, Tuesday afternoon in the Quarterfinals of the 2009 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament. The victory is the first for any Tornado team in a SAC Tournament contest.
Brevard (16-5) started the day with two victories in doubles play. Lindsay Shaeffer and Kim Dixon fell in the top spot to Erika Pinate and Patricia La Rovere, 8-4, but Lindsay Hostetter and Kayley Duval rebounded on the second court with an 8-4 triumph over Adriana Borda and Kim Blythe. Merek Slagle and Sara Douglas finished the pairs action with an 8-1 win over Jordan Dockery and Paola Aybar Jimenez.
The match was called after the Tornados won three singles matches. In the No. 2 spot, Hostetter clinched with a win over La Rovere, 7-5, 6-0, while Dixon won over Dockery at No. 4, 6-1, 6-0 and Jennifer Nyman beat Aybar at No. 5, 6-2, 6-0.
After Hostetter clinched, the matches pitting Shaeffer and Pinate, Duval and Borda and Douglas and Blythe were halted in progress.
| Date: 04/21/09 |
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| Opponent: Brevard |
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| Singles |
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| Mars Hill |
Brevard |
Winner |
Score |
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| Erika Pinate |
Shaeffer |
DNF |
DNF |
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| Patty La Rovere |
Hostetter |
BC |
7-5,6-0 |
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| Adrianna Borda |
Duval |
DNF |
DNF |
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| Jordan Dockery |
Dixon |
BC |
6-1,6-0 |
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| Paola Aybar |
Nyman |
BC |
6-2,6-0 |
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| Kim Blythe |
Douglas |
DNF |
DNF |
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| Doubles |
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| Mars Hill |
Brevard |
Winner |
Score |
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| Pinate/La Rovere |
Shaeffer/Dixon |
MHC |
8-4 |
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| Borda/Blythe |
Hostetter/Duval |
BC |
8-4 |
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| Aybar/Dockery |
Slagle/Douglas |
BC |
8-1 |
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| Score: 1-5 |
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