Tennis Sweeps #24 Reinhardt

The #16 Brenau tennis team rolled past #24 Reinhardt (Ga.) University 8-1 in Appalachian Athletic Conference play on Friday in Gainesville.

The Golden Tigers opened with a strong team effort as the squad swept all three doubles matches to take a 3-0 lead into singles play. At #3 singles, Rebecca Pijls overwhelmed Reinhardt's Jamie Lunceford, 6-1, 6-1 for a 4-0 lead, then Maya Mammetgulyyeva ran past Albane Queinnec for a 6-2, 6-0 win at #4 singles to clinch the match for the Golden Tigers.

"We had a very good win this afternoon against a tough Reinhardt team," said head coach Andre Ferreira. "They are playing well and their team is deep, so this was a particularly important win for us."

Brenau (4-5 overall, 2-0 AAC) continues conference play on Monday when the team travels to Milligan (Tenn.) College (8-5 overall, 1-2 AAC) for a 1 pm match.

Final results:

#16 Brenau 8, #24 Reinhardt 1

Doubles:

1. Charoensirisutthikul/Mammetgulyyeva (BU) def. Vodavoz/Carvajal (RU) 8-4

2. Recalde/Rives (BU) def. Queinnec/Cuello (RU) 8-2

3. Pabon/Pijls (BU) def. Dearing/Lunceford (RU) 8-3

Singles:

1. Peeraya Charoensirisutthikul (BU) def. Yamit Vodavoz (RU) 6-2, 7-5

2. Patricia Recalde (BU) def. Glauka Carvajal (RU) 6-3, 6-2

3. Rebecca Pijls (BU) def. Jamie Lunceford (RU) 6-1, 6-1

4. Maya Mammetgulyyeva (BU) def. Albane Queinnec (RU) 6-2, 6-0

5. Paula Rives (BU) def. Alex Cuello (RU) 6-2, 6-2

6. Samantha Dearing (RU) def. Valentina Pabon (BU) 6-7(5), 6-4, 14-12

Order of finish: Doubles (1, 2, 3); Singles (3, 4*, 1, 5, 2, 6)