ALEXANDER CITY, Ala. – The Millsaps College women's tennis team traveled to the Central Alabama Invitational from Oct. 9-11 and tallied 13 total singles and doubles victories led by junior Stephanie Brown's quarterfinal appearance in the Flight “1” singles draw.

Brown reached the quarterfinals by defeating Ashley Grafton from the Marion Military 7-6(4), 6-1 after a first-round bye.

In the doubles draw, Brown teamed with sophomore \#Lauren Williams\# and earned a spot in the semifinals after overpowering Slade/Ferri of Georgia Perimeter 8-4 following a first-round bye.

Sophomore Ashley Rivera bounced back from a Flight “1” singles loss to Eline Nagels of Brenau in the first-round 6-2, 7-5, to win the consolation back draw. Rivera defeated Deese of Young Harris 9-7, Reuster of Central Alabama 8-2 and Teasley of Young Harris in the consolation finals 8-6.

Another great performance was turned in by freshman Brelynn David. David made the quarterfinals in the Flight “2” singles bracket after defeating Griswold of Gordon College 6-2, 6-0 and Milosavljevic of Georgia Perimeter 6-2, 6-1.

Other first-round winners included junior \#Mimi Nguyen\# and Olivia Coats.

Rivera and Coats teamed up in Flight “2” doubles action and beat Reuster/Abrams of Central Alabama 8-1 before losing to the eventual champions Nordgreen/Bobo of University of Montevallo 8-4.

"The women had a lot of spirited play in this event” according to head coach Jay Pacelli. “The team keeps showing improvement from top to bottom against scholarship players from Division II, JUCO, and NAIA teams. I am very optimistic that we are going to have a successful spring season. The continued enthusiasm and hard work from each player will be the key."

The women will be back in action next February when they begin the spring season.