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April 16, 2007
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- In
a rain-shortened weekend at the annual Rhodes College Invitational,
the Millsaps Lady Majors only played two of their five regularly
scheduled matches, downing both Oglethorpe and Hendrix by a 5-1
score to improve their season record to 10-4.
In the weekend opener against Oglethorpe, Millsaps swept all three
doubles points to jump out to a commanding 3-0 lead and grabbed
two of the three singles matches before the match was called because
the Majors had already won 5 of 9 possible points.
At No. 1 doubles, the duo of Beth Sadler/Beth Piraino defeated
Antoinette Niland/Ashley Cooper by a score of 8-5 while the team
of Allisa Vincent/Charlotte Prejean held off Jamie Dillon/Abby
Hammond at No. 3 doubles, 8-6.
Allison Zakaras/Beth Fossen had no trouble at No. 2 doubles, winning
easily 8-0. 
In singles action, Zakaras {pictured} and Fossen were both victorious
at their respective No. 1 & No. 4 spots, downing their opponents
in
straight-sets,
6-0, 6-3 and 7-6, 6-4. The lone point for Oglethorpe came at No.
2 singles when Katie Kuhn edged Sadler, 7-6(4), 7-5.
Against the Lady Warriors of Hendrix, Erin Swaller/Caitlin Stevens
downed the pair of Emily Stewart/Zakaras, at No. 1 doubles for
the Lady
Warriors'
lone point of the match, 9-7, before Millsaps rallied for five
consecutive points.
At No. 2 and
No. 3 doubles, the combination
of Sadler/Piraino and Vincent/Fossen took care of business against
Hendrix's Clair Spivey/Liz Blackman, 8-3, and Kate Stuppy/Emily
Kueney by an 8-1 margin.
Millsaps then captured No.'s 4-6 singles for the 5-1 final
score, while the top three singles positions of Stewart, Zakaras
and Sadler did not play.
The Lady Majors will be back in action on Tuesday, April 24,
facing off with cross-town rival Mississippi College in a rescheduled
match from a previous rainout at 2 p.m. at Parham Bridges Tennis
Center in Jackson.
They will then begin preparations
for the SCAC Tournament held April 27-29 in Waco, Texas, where
the Majors are likely to be a No. 4 or No. 5 seed.
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