QUICK SCORE: The No. 10 SCAD women's tennis team upset No. 5 Brenau University 5-4 at home Friday afternoon.
RECORDS: The Bees are now 8-1 while Brenau falls to 6-5.
DID YOU KNOW? This is the sixth consecutive game the Bees have won.
DOUBLES ACTION: Haley Morrissey and
Tova Tilk Tobrand scored the first point of the match for the Bees with a dominating 8-3 win over their number two doubles opponents.
Priya Sukkanha and
Johanna Weber fought hard but fell just short at number one doubles, losing 9-7.
Valerie Droop and
Nicole Katzarkov fell 8-6 at number three doubles.
SINGLES ACTION: Droop scored the first point for SCAD in singles, tying the match at two-all with her 6-2, 6-0 win at number four singles.
The Tigers won at number three singles when Weber fell 6-4, 6-0 but Sukkanha tied the match again (three-all) with a decisive 6-3, 6-2 win at number one singles.
Morrissey lost 6-4, 6-4 at number two singles to go down by one (4-3) with the numbers five and six singles splitting sets to go to a third, and deciding, set for each.
Tobrand, at number six singles won 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 to tie the match at four-all.
Katzarkov took her number five singles opponent to three sets with a third set tie-breaker. In the tie-breaker, Katzarkov won the first three points before Brenau's player scored two of her own. It was not enough, however, as Katzarkov put the set away winning the remaining points to ultimately clinch the match for the Bees 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-2).
COACH O: "The Lady Bees had a terrific match today" states Head Coach
Ken Obermeier. "The Preparation in practice paid off today. Being down 1-2 after doubles they went out and went to work in singles. Every match was tough and with Priya, Val and Tova securing their matches, Nicole came through in a great three set battle and won the deciding point in the tie breaker. Coming together as a team is the beginning, keeping together as a team is progress, but today especially working together as a team is success. It was a united effort that made the difference."
"I would also like to give a shout-out to the men's team for their role in today's success as they came out to support and cheering through to the end was huge. Well done SCAD Tennis and GO BEES!"
WHAT'S NEXT? The Bees will travel to No. RV Coastal Georgia on March 30 for a 10:00 a.m. match.