Women’s tennis opens season in Memphis

By Chuck Tidmore

Sports Information Assistant 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Huntingdon's women's tennis team lost to Belhaven and Rhodes in its season opener on Saturday.

The Lady Hawks (0-2) dropped their first match 7-2 to Belhaven University (2-1) and then closed the day with a 7-2 loss to Rhodes College (4-1). 

Freshman Mariah Bastos and junior Caroline McBroom each went 2-0 on the day.

In Huntingdon's first match, Bastos won at No. 4 singles, 7-5, 6-3, while McBroom won 5-7, 6-1, 11-9 at No. 5.

Against Rhodes, Bastos won her match 6-4, 6-4 at the No. 5 spot. McBroom played at No. 6 and took a 6-3, 6-2 win.

The Lady Hawks host Point University on Thursday for a 3 p.m. match.

Match Results

vs. Belhaven

Singles

No. 1: Ivanna Echezuria (BU) def. Dusty Catala (HC)  6-0, 6-1

No. 2: Natalia Lopez (BU) def. Josie Waddell (HC)  6-0, 6-0

No. 3: Mary Lichlyter (BU) def. Kacey Stephens (HC)  6-1, 6-0

No. 4: Mariah Bastos (HC) def. Hannah Daly (BU)  7-5, 6-3

No. 5: Caroline McBroom (HC) def. Caroline Terry (BU)  5-7, 6-1 (11-9)

No. 6:  Alexandria Furdge (BU) def. Jordan Fleming (HC)  8-4

Doubles

No. 1: Lopez- Echezuria (BU) def. Catala-Waddell (HC)  8-1

No. 2: Terry-Furdge (BU) def. Stephens-Clayton Waring (HC)  8-6

No. 3: Lichltyer-Daly (BU) def. Virginia Gaston-Heather Tabor (HC)  8-3

vs. Rhodes

Singles

No. 1: Caroline Doherty (RC) def. Catala (HC)  6-0, 6-2

No. 2: Anna Volkov (RC) def. Waddell (HC)  6-3, 7-6 (8-6)

No. 3: Natalie Arnold (RC) def. Zoya Robinson (HC)  6-1, 6-0

No. 4: Sara Abbott (RC) def. Tabor (HC)  6-2, 6-2

No. 5: Bastos (HC) def.  Maddy McDonald(RC)  6-4, 6-4

No. 6: McBroom (HC) def. Mary Mullen (RC)  6-3, 6-2

Doubles

No. 1: Boherty-Volkov (RC) def. Robinson-McBroom (HC)  8-3

No. 2: Arnold-Abbott (RC) def. Waddell-Bastos (HC)  9-7

No. 3: McDonald-Mullen (RC) def. Tabor-Clayton Waring (HC)  8-6 

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