BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Millsaps College women's tennis team traveled to Birmingham-Southern College for four matches over the weekend and picked up two wins in the first two matches before dropping the final two to finish 2-2.
With a makeshift lineup for the weekend, the Majors took a 2-1 lead after doubles play against Southwestern University on Friday with an 8-2 win from \#Stephanie Brown\#/\#Lauren Williams\# at No. 1 and an 8-5 win at No. 2 by the team of \#Allison Zakaras\#/\#Breanna David\#.
The Majors and Pirates split the six singles matches with Millsaps taking the top three spots and Southwestern claiming the bottom three.
Gaining the three singles points gave the Majors their first conference victory of the season, 5-4.
“This was a big victory for the women as they played with a lot of spirit against a good Southwestern team” head coach Jay Pacelli said.
Continuing its strong play, Millsaps picked up its second straight win with a 6-3 decision over Oglethorpe University on Saturday morning.
The Majors swept the three doubles matches and again won the top three singles positions to take the match.
Saturday afternoon, Millsaps was not able to put up a repeat performance against Centre College, losing a close match 5-4.
After taking a 2-1 lead through doubles action, Brown and Williams won in straight sets at No. 1 and No. 3 singles, respectively but the bottom of the lineup could not get the final point as the Colonels claimed four of the six singles point to take the match.
Closing out the weekend against host Birmingham-Southern College on Sunday morning, the Majors again got quality tennis from their top three singles players but could not find a point anywhere else, falling 6-3.
The Panthers swept all three doubles matches as the team of Brown/Williams lost their only match of the weekend 9-7.
Brown, Zakaras and Williams all recorded victories and No. 1 through No. 3 singles, respectively as the trio finished the four-match weekend with an impressive 11-1 overall record.
“The doubles matches were close and competitive and it was still a good weekend” Pacelli said.
The Majors, now 4-14 overall and 2-5 in the SCAC, will be back on the court Wednesday when they host rival Belhaven University at 4 p.m.
