Mercer Closes Regular Season with Pair of Wins

Wednesday, April 10

Macon, Ga.

11 a.m.

Mercer University

Savannah State

Photo by: Mitch Robinson

Mercer Closes Regular Season with Pair of Wins

4/10/2019 6:06:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Bears defeat Savannah State, Florida A&M at home

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer women's tennis team earned a pair of nonconference victories over Savannah State and Florida A&M to close out the regular season at the Leroy Peddy Tennis Center on Wednesday.

Mercer defeated Savannah State, 4-0, before taking down Florida A&M, 7-0, en route to improving to 13-12 overall. The Bears' 13 regular-season wins match their most under head coach Eric Hayes.

Mercer 4, Savannah State 0
Doubles (Order of Finish: 1,2,3)
1. Katie Sidor/Celine Schepers (MER) def. Muskaan Ranjan/Christy Turner (SSU), 6-0
2. Alara Hollyfield/Maeva Roquebert (MER) def. Casi Gilbert/Sansriti Ranjan (SSU), 5-1
3. Anna Sovic/Christie Cesarini (MER) won by default

Singles (Order of Finish: 6,3,5)
1. Katie Sidor (MER) vs. Sansriti Ranjan (SSU), 6-1, 2-0 (unfinished)
2. Maeva Roquebert (MER) vs. Muskaan Ranjan (SSU), 6-1, 2-2 (unfinished)
3. Alara Hollyfield (MER) def. Ekaterina Vrobeva (SSU), 6-0, 6-0
4. Celine Schepers (MER) vs. Christy Turner (SSU), 6-1, 3-0 (unfinished)
5. Christie Cesarini (MER) def. Casi Gilbert (SSU), 1-0 (retired)
6. Anna Sovic (MER) won by default

Mercer 7, Florida A&M 0
Doubles (Order of Finish: 1,3,2)
1. Katie Sidor/Celine Schepers (MER) def. Mialiniania Rakotondrazafy/Karen Machisa (FAMU), 6-2
2. Alara Hollyfield/Maeva Roquebert (MER) def. Haleigh Porter/Aylen Hubeaut (FAMU), 5-4
3. Anna Sovic/Marie Mottet (MER) def. Adrienne Clayton/Rachel Harden (FAMU), 6-2

Singles (Order of Finish: 6,1,5,3,2,4)
1. Katie Sidor (MER) def. Mialiniania Rakotondrazafy (FAMU), 6-1, 6-1
2. Maeva Roquebert (MER) def. Haleigh Porter (FAMU), 6-2, 6-3
3. Celine Schepers (MER) def. Aylen Hubeaut (FAMU), 6-1, 6-0
4. Alara Hollyfield (MER) def. Rachel Harden (FAMU), 6-1, 4-6, 10-5
5. Marie Mottet (MER) def. Karen Machisa (FAMU), 6-3, 6-3
6. Anna Sovic (MER) def. Adrienne Clayton (FAMU), 6-0, 6-1

Next Up
Mercer will gear up for the Southern Conference Championships on April 18-20 in Macon.

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