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Sewanee Men, Women Sweep Matches with Millsaps

• Men's Box Score • Women's Box Score

SEWANEE, Tenn. -- The regionally ranked Sewanee men's and women's tennis teams both knocked off visiting Millsaps on Saturday morning by 9-0 scores, proving why they are one of the conference's top teams.

The 5th-ranked Sewanee women swept through the doubles matches with ease behind the regionally-ranked duo of Jordan Casey and Michelle Flume at No. 1, winning 8-0. They would add 8-1 and 8-0 wins at No's 2 and 3 doubles to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the match.

In singles action, Millsaps freshman Lauren Williams put up quite a fight at the No. 2 spot with 25th-ranked Devin Tellatin, falling just 6-4, 6-2, before wins at No's 3-6 for Sewanee sealed the match.

"It was a difficult match against one of the best Division III teams in the country," first-year head coach Jay Pacelli said. "We'll look to fight for better results when we face Oglethorpe tomorrow."

The 8th-ranked Sewanee men bounced back from a season-opening loss to top Millsaps 9-0 as well, despite a very competitive effort from the Majors.

The 10th-ranked duo of Henry Litchfield and Charlie Boyd at No. 1 doubles gave Sewanee one of its three wins in the early going, defeating the Millsaps pair of \#Alex Cummings\# and \#David Bastian\# by an 8-4 score. At No. 2 doubles, Jay Hill and Will Holloway rallied from a 7-1 deficit to freshmen \#Geoff Joseph\# and \#Russell Anderson\# to win by a 9-7 score.

"Our youth showed in a number of matches," Pacelli said. "We'll look to win more pressure points against Oglethorpe in our next match."

In singles play, the Tigers swept the Majors again, with tight matches all the way through after Boyd's 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 1 singles. Both Anderson and \#Trevor Harris\# fell in close matches at the No's 3 and 6 spots, respectively.

Millsaps will close out a two-game road swing tomorrow in Atlanta, Ga.
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