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Women’s Tennis Wins in First Round of NAIA National Tournament

5/15/2018 7:20:00 PM

QUICK SCORE: The No. 14 SCAD Savannah women's tennis team defeated No. 19 Cumberlands (Ky.) 9-0 on Tuesday in the first round of the NAIA National Championships. With this win the Bees will now take on No. 3 Xavier (La.) on Wednesday.
 
RECORDS: SCAD Savannah is now 11-5 on the season while Cumberlands ends the season with a 10-11 record.
 
DOUBLES ACTION: The Bees started out strong, sweeping all three doubles matches. 
 
Camille Gbaguidi and Valerie Droop won 8-6 at number one doubles while Johanna Weber and Karina Rovira won 8-1 at number two.
 
At number three doubles, Julia Albuquerque and Nicole Katzarkov won a close 9-7 match.
 
SINGLES ACTION: The momentum from doubles carried over into singles as SCAD continued to dominate winning the remainder of the matches.
 
Gbaguidi won 6-1, 6-4 at number one singles while Droop won 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 at number two.
 
Weber, at number three singles won 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 with Rovira winning 6-4, 6-3 at number four singles.
 
Albuquerque and Katzarkov won 6-3, 6-0 and 6-3, 6-2 at numbers five and six singles, respectively.
 
WHAT'S NEXT? The Bees will take on No. 3 Xavier (La.) on Wednesday, May 16 at 9:00AM CT / 10:00 AM ET.
 
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