Lady Hawks tennis delivers solid performance in John McWilliams Invitational
By Brandon Lee
Assistant Sports Information Director
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon women's tennis team opened the 2013 John McWilliams Fall Invitational on Saturday with solid play in both singles and doubles competition.
Entering the final day of the tournament, Birmingham-Southern leads with 11 points, Huntingdon is second with 10 points, Millsaps is third with eight points and Point University is fourth with one point.
In doubles action, the teams of Britni Thibodeau-Hannah Still (No. 1), Daniela Lozano-Micaela White (No. 2), and Tara-Beth Hall-Rory Wilson (No. 3) all took their matches to sweep the doubles points.
Thibodeau dropped both matches at No. 1 singles, while Still picked up a point in her first round of play but lost the second match at No. 2 singles. At No. 3 singles Lozano swept her two matches and Wilson split at No. 4 singles, winning her first match and dropping the second match.
The No. 5 (Arielle Barraca) and No. 6 (White) singles players swept their matches for the Lady Hawks.
In the B-draw singles, Deidre Corbin lost her first match but defeated Birmingham-Southern's Karivki in the consolation round. Tara-Beth Hall defeated Karivki in the first round and beat teammate Kaitlin Burns in the second round.
Sunday's final round is set to begin at 8:30 a.m. from Lagoon Park.
Huntingdon Results
Main Draw Singles
No. 1 Britni Thibodeau
Rd. 1 – lost to Navarro (Point) 6-1, 6-3
Rd. 2 – lost to Li Kam Wa (Millsaps) 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 Hannah Still
Rd. 1 – def. McCutchen (Point) NO SCORE REPORTED
Rd. 2 – lost to Creekmore (Millsaps) 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 Daniela Lozano
Rd. 1 – def. Rivero (Point) 6-2, 6-0
Rd. 2 – def. Kebert (Millsaps) 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 Rory Wilson
Rd. 1 – def. Denise Glover (Point) 6-1, 6-1
Rd. 2 – lost to Myrick (Millsaps) 6-4, 6-7, 6-1
No. 5 Arielle Barraca
Rd. 1 – def. Victoria White (Point) 6-0, 6-0
Rd. 2 – def. Brahce (Millsaps) 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 Micaela White
Rd. 1 – def. Lawter (Point) 6-0, 6-0
Rd. 2 – def. Reynolds (Millsaps) 6-0, 6-0
B Draw Singles
Deidre Corbin
Rd. 1 – lost to Brennan (Millsaps) NO SCORE REPORTED
Consolation – def. Karivki (BSC) 8-1
Tara-Beth Hall
Rd. 1 – def. Kariviki (BSC) NO SCORE REPORTED
Rd. 2 – def. Kaitlin Burns (Huntingdon) 6-0, 6-0
Kaitlin Burns
Rd. 1 – Bye
Rd. 2 – lost to Tara-Beth Hall (Huntingdon) 6-0, 6-0
Main Draw Doubles
No. 1 Britni Thibodeau-Hannah Still
Rd. 1 – def. Navarro-McCutchen (Point) NO SCORE REPORTED
No. 2 Daniela Lozano-Micaela White
Rd. 1 – def. Rivera-Glover (Point) 8-2
No. 3 Tara-Beth Hall-Rory Wilson
Rd. 1 – def. White-Lawter (Point) NO SCORE REPORTED
Team Standings
1. Birmingham-Southern – 11 points
2. Huntingdon College – 10 points
3. Millsaps College – 8 points
4. Point University – 1 point