Women’s Tennis Falls to Liberty

Sunday, January 24

Atlanta, Ga.

1 p.m.

Mercer University

Liberty

1/24/2021 5:10:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Bears open up the season with a loss to the Flames

By: Travis Rae

PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. – After having its first two scheduled matches postponed, the Mercer women's tennis team opened its spring season on Sunday in a neutral site match with Liberty. The Flames defeated the Bears, 6-1.

Opening the match with doubles play, the Bears dropped the first two. The Bears' No. 1 doubles team of Maeva Roquebert and Mary Courville earned a hard-fought win. The match was tied 6-6 against Eloise Saraty and Alexandra Almborg and went to a tie-breaker. In the tiebreaker the Bears came back and won 7-4, however, as a team they dropped the doubles point.

In singles play, freshman Lekha Varudandi battled at No. 5 singles. Varudandi forced a tiebreaker in the first set before dropping the set, 7-6 (7-5).

The Bears got their lone point of the day at No. 2 singles. Junior Alara Hollyfield came out and took set one, 6-2 over Tiffany Nguyen. In the second set, Nguyen played Hollyfield tough, but Hollyfield came out on top 7-5.

How It Happened
SINGLES (Order: 4, 6, 3, 1, 2, 5)
1. Alexandra Almborg def. Maeva Roquebert, 6-2, 6-4
2. Alara Hollyfield def. Tiffany Nguygen, 6-2, 7-5
3. Marina Davtyan def. Lauren Rich, 6-1, 6-0
4. Esther Lovato def. Mary Courville, 6-2, 6-2
5. Grace Hashiguchi def. Lekha Varudandi, 7-6 (5), 6-2
6. Micaela Ode Mitre def. Ashley Popham, 6-1, 6-0

DOUBLES (Order: 3, 2, 1)
1. Maeva Roquebert/Mary Courville def. Eloise Saraty/Alexandra Almborg, 7-6 (4)
2. Micaela Ode Mitre/Tiffany Nguyen def. Lekha Varudandi/Alara Hollyfield, 6-1
3. Marina Davtyan/Grace Hashiguchi def. Kristin Yordanova/Lauren Rich, 6-1

Up Next
The women's team returns to action on Feb. 2 when they travel to Montgomery, Ala. to face Alabama State.

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