The Huntingdon women's tennis team recognized its seniors during Senior Day on Saturday. (Photo by Vic Jerald)
The Huntingdon women's tennis team recognized its seniors during Senior Day on Saturday. (Photo by Vic Jerald)

Lady Hawks sweep Brevard and Albany State

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon women's tennis team earned a pair of wins on Saturday.                            

The Lady Hawks closed out conference play with a 7-2 win over Brevard before knocking off Division II Albany State 9-0.

The wins highlighted a Senior Day that recognized four seniors. Of the four seniors (Josie Waddell, Heather Tabor, Zoya Robinson and Kacy Howard), three are four-year players who are ranked in the program's top-10 for career wins during the NCAA era.

During the NCAA era, Waddell is third with 112 career wins, Tabor is sixth with 93 career wins and Robinson is 10th with 78 career wins.

Howard and Tabor each won four matches on Saturday. Howard won at No. 3 singles in both matches and teamed with Tabor to win at No. 2 doubles in each match. Tabor won at No. 4 singles in each match.

Robinson won both of her singles matches, winning at No. 2 singles against Brevard and No. 1 against Albany State. Robinson teamed with Waddell for a win at No. 1 doubles against Albany State.

In addition to Robinson, Howard and Tabor, Lucy Burch (No. 5) and Kacey Stephens (No. 6) earned singles wins against Brevard and Waddell (No. 2), Clayton Waring (No. 5) and Alex Burnham (No. 6) picked up singles wins against Albany State.

Waring and Burnham won at No. 3 doubles against Brevard and Burch and Stephens won at No. 3 doubles against Albany State.

 

Records: Huntingdon (13-3, 7-1 USA South); Brevard (12-5, 6-1 USA South); Albany State (7-13)

 

Coming Up:  Huntingdon hosts Rust College on Sunday.

                                               

Match Results

Huntingdon 7, Brevard 2

Singles

No. 1: Samantha Sepe (BC) def. Josie Waddell (HC) 6-1, 3-6, 10-5

No. 2: Zoya Robinson (HC) def. Kelsey Kushner (BC) 6-0, 6-0

No. 3: Kacy Howard (HC) def. Darden King (BC) 6-3, 6-1

No. 4: Heather Tabor (HC) def. Jen Cox (BC) 6-0, 6-0

No. 5: Lucy Burch (HC) def. Margaret Correll (BC) 6-2, 6-1

No. 6: Kacey Stephens (HC) def. Eleanor Flannery (BC) 6-0, 6-2

 

Doubles

No. 1: Sepe-Kushner (BC) def. Waddell-Robinson (HC) 8-6

No. 2: Tabor-Howard (HC) def. Cox-King (BC) 8-1

No. 3: Clayton Waring-Alex Burnham (HC) def. Mekenzie Bowman-Correll (BC) 8-3

               

Huntingdon 9, Albany State 0

Singles

No. 1: Zoya Robinson (HC) def. Ana Maria Forrest (AS) 6-0, 6-0

No. 2: Josie Waddell (HC) def. LaToya Boyd (AS) 6-1, 6-0

No. 3: Kacy Howard (HC) def. Alani Gauthier (AS) 6-0, 6-1

No. 4: Heather Tabor (HC) def. Jordan Foston (AS) 6-0, 6-1

No. 5: Clayton Waring (HC) def. Lindsay Ashford (AS) 6-1, 6-0

No. 6: Alex Burnham (HC) def. Jenna Wade (AS) 6-1, 6-0

 

Doubles

No. 1: Waddell-Robinson (HC) def. Forrest-Foston (AS) 8-1

No. 2: Tabor-Howard (HC) def. Gauthier-Boyd (AS) 8-5

No. 3: Lucy Burch- Kacey Stephens (HC) def. Wade-Ashford (AS) 8-2