ANDERSON, S.C. - After sweeping through the doubles round, Anderson University women's tennis won five of its six singles matches and cruised to an 8-1 victory over Catawba in South Atlantic Conference action Saturday afternoon at the Max Grubbs Memorial Courts.
With the victory, the Trojans have won five of its first six contests this season and improve to a perfect 2-0 mark in conference play. The win also improves AU's home record to 3-1 on the year.
In the doubles round, the tandem of Alexander Ebner and Abigail Gregory stood out with an 8-0 shutout over Catawba's Sloan Kessler and Rachel Rudisill at the No. 3 position. Following the duo was Mairead Cleary and Lindsay Gregory with an 8-1 triumph over Laured Sledd and Maddy Henderson at the No. 2 spot. Rounding out the doubles round was the No. 1 pair of Ivey Welborn and Rebecca Bruning, as they knocked off Liz Renteria and Kristen Rocko, 8-3.
The victories continued in the singles portion as Clearly defeated Kessler, 6-1, 6-2 at the No. 3 slot, while Ebner tallied a 6-2, 6-3 win over Henderson at No. 4. Abigail Gregory recorded a three-set win over Rudisill, 6-4, 3-6, 10-2, while Welborn and Bruning notched pro-set tiebreakers at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively.
Anderson is slated to return to the courts on Tuesday when it hosts Lander. First serve is scheduled for 3 p.m.
