Tennis Sweeps Piedmont College 7-0 in Non-Conference Play

February 28, 2021

Gainesville, Georgia- The #6 ranked Brenau tennis team defeated Piedmont (Ga.) College 7-0 in a non-conference matchup at the Lessie Smithgall Tennis Centeron Saturday.

After sweeping doubles play, the Golden Tigers won the first three singles matches to clinch the win. Freshman Sally Brannon won her #5 singles match over Piedmont's Allison Dempsey (6-0, 6-0) and then at #4 singles, Bianca Andersen rolled past Marion Sloyan (6-2, 6-1). In the match clinching contest, freshman MaryWynn Brannon outpaced Kara Landsiedel (6-1, 6-2) to take the team win.

Junior Juana Zambrano, senior Valentina Pabon and freshman Sydney Patterson each won their singles matches as well.

"I am glad the rain moved away and allowed us to play Piedmont today," said head coach Andre Ferriera. "There were a couple of important highlights about today's match. First, eight of our girls competed today, including Sydney Patterson and Sally Brannon in both singles and doubles play. Secondly, Juana Zambrano had a pretty strong finish in her match today, coming back from a set down to win in the tiebreaker. She played a couple of tough matches earlier this week, so to be able to finish the week on a strong note was exciting."

Brenau (2-1 overall, 1-1 AAC) next travels to take on Reinhardt (Ga.) University (1-2 overall, 0-0 AAC) in Appalachian Athletic Conference play on Friday at 2 pm in Waleska, Georgia.

Brenau University (Ga.) def. Piedmont College 7-0

Singles:

S1: Juana Zambrano (BU) def. Imani Vincent (PC) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(4)

S2: Valentina Pabon (BU) def. Abbey Grace Venham (PC) 6-1, 6-4

S3: Marywynn Brannon (BU) def. Kara Landsiedel (PC) 6-1, 6-2

S4: Bianca Andersen (BU) def. Marion Sloyan (PC) 6-2, 6-1

S5: Sally Brannon (BU) def. Allison Dempsey (PC) 6-0, 6-0

S6: Sydney Patterson (BU) def. Rachel Marsh (PC) 7-6(7), 6-2

Doubles:

D1: Bianca Andersen / Marywynn Brannon (BU) def. Maggie Moody / Megan Waldheim (PC) 6-4

D2: Sally Brannon / Evelin Gouveia (BU) def. Melissa Gish / Imani Vincent (PC) 6-1

D3: Rachel Marsh / Kara Landsiedel (PC) def. Peeraya Charoensirisutthikul / Sydney Patterson (BU) 6-4

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