Saturday, March 4, 2006

LADY BLUE HOSE OPEN SAC ACTION WITH WIN OVER MARS HILL

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College women’s tennis started South Atlantic Conference (SAC) play on the right foot with a 9-0 victory over Mars Hill College at Templeton Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon.  The No. 25 Lady Blue Hose are now 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the SAC, while Mars Hill slips to 6-2 on the year and 1-1 in the conference.

Junior Lisa Moyer (Florence, S.C.) handed the Lions’ junior Whitney Stroud (Spindale, N.C.) her first loss of the season at No. 3 singles as Moyer beat her in straight sets, 6-2 and 6-0.  Stroud had come into the match with a 7-0 mark.

Stroud and junior Nancie Gruber (Bad Rappanau, Germany) came into today with a 6-0 record at No. 1 singles but PC’s duo of junior Catherine Bankhead (Amarillo, Texas) and sophomore Kathryn Kleckley (Lexington, S.C.) gave Mars Hill their first loss of the season by a score of 8-2.

The Lady Blue Hose return to action tomorrow when PC hosts No. 7 Rollins College at noon in non-conference action.  Mars Hill will travel to Converse College on Tuesday, March 7, for a non-conference game at 3:00.

WOMEN’S MATCH RESULTS
PRESBYTERIAN 9, MARS HILL 0

Singles
#1 Catherine Bankhead (PC) d. Nancie Gruber: 7-6, 4-6, 10-5
#2 Lauren Brown (PC) d. Jenny Rogers: 6-1, 6-4
#3 Lisa Moyer (PC) d. Whitney Stroud: 6-2, 6-0
#4 Brittany Lanford (PC) d. Maranda Dellinger: 6-1, 6-1
#5 Kari Fuller (PC) d. Kim Blythe: 6-0, 6-1
#6 Brooke Toluba (PC) d. Brandy Hebert: 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
#1 Bankhead/Kathryn Kleckley (PC) d. Gruber/Stroud: 8-2
#2 Lanford/Moyer (PC) d. Rogers/Dellinger: 8-6
#3 Brown/Fuller (PC) d. Blythe/Hebert: 8-3