Mercer Downs Alabama A&M

Saturday, January 28

Macon, Ga.

10 a.m.

Mercer University

Alabama A&M University

Marina de Diego Quinones on the follow through of her serve

1/28/2023 5:26:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Bears earn first win of the season

By: Amanda Cover

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer women's tennis program (1-2) earned its first win of the season with a 6-1 win over Alabama A&M (1-2) on Saturday morning at the Randy Stephens Tennis Complex.

The Bears earned the doubles point after Marina de Diego Quinones/Kristin Yordanova won 6-1 on court three and Eden Schlagenhauf/Camilla Ciaccia won 6-0 on court two. Mary Weston Courville/Teodora Ristic were leading 5-1 on court one when the point was clinched.

Mercer's second point was won by de Diego Quinones with a quick 6-1, 6-1 victory on court five. Courville followed suit in winning 6-4, 6-1 on court two. Schlagenhauf won the match-clinching point on court three with a 6-3, 6-1 win.

After dropping the first set on court four, Ciaccia battled back to win the second set and the 10-point tiebreaker, 10-2. Yordanova closed out the match on court six with a 6-1, 6-4 victory.

Alabama A&M claimed its only point of the match after Ristic was injured and forced to default on court one after winning the first set 6-1.

UP NEXT: The Bears will travel to in-state foe Georgia State on Saturday, February 4 at 2 p.m.

MERCER 6, ALABAMA A&M 1
Doubles

Mary Weston Courville/Teodora Ristic (MER) vs. Jasmine Boyd/Yana Dhamija (AAM), unf. 5-1
Eden Schlagenhauf/Camilla Ciaccia (MER) def. Alicia Owegi/Neha Ghare (AAM), 6-0
Marina de Diego Quinones/Kristin Yordanova (MER) def. Deja Brown/Ariadna Ondo Cerezo (AAM), 6-1

Singles

Jasmine Boyd (AAM) def. Teodora Ristic (MER), 6-1, inj.
Mary Weston Courville (MER) def. Neha Ghare (AAM), 6-4, 6-1
Eden Schlagenhauf (MER) def. Deja Brown (AAM), 6-3, 6-1
Camilla Ciaccia (MER) def. Yana Dhamija (AAM), 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-2)
Marina de Diego Quinones (MER) def. Alicia Owegi (AAM), 6-1, 6-1
Kristin Yordanova (MER) def. Ariadna Ondo Cerezo (AAM), 6-1, 6-4

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