JACKSON – The Millsaps Majors Women's Tennis Team improved their winning streak to seven on Saturday afternoon; as they knocked off the East Texas Baptist Tigers in a convincing 9-0 win at the Millsaps Tennis Complex. However, their streak came to a close in the nightcap as they dropped their first match since early March to the UT-Tyler Patriots, 8-1.
The doubles teams got things started as they hopped out to a 3-0 lead with three dominating wins. The No. 2 Team of senior Elizabeth Meyer and sophomore Callie Creekmore blanked their opponents 8-0 to get things rolling. The No. 3 Team of sophomore Laura Kebert and freshman Margaret Cosnahan followed with an 8-1 victory followed by an 8-2 win for the No. 1 Team of senior Lauren Williams and freshman Deena Li Kam Wa.
The singles team did not waste any time as all but one match finished with a 6-0, 6-0 win. The one match that did not finish that way was still a dominating win as Kebert took down her opponent 6-2, 6-1. The win pushed the Majors great winning streak to seven games.
They then faced a great UT-Tyler team under the lights where the Patriots proved to be too much, taking an 8-1 win over the Majors. The lone win came from Li Kam Wa in singles competition as she took down her second regionally ranked opponent in the last three games, defeating No. 21 Amy Friesenhahn convincingly 6-2, 6-2.
Despite the streak being broken, Millsaps still sits with an impressive 9-3 record. They return to action on Tuesday April 3rd as they travel down the road to take on the Belhaven Blazers. First serve is set for 5 p.m.
Millsaps 9 East Texas Baptist 0
No. 1 Doubles; Lauren Williams and Deena Li Kam Wa (M) d. Kent/Kent (E); 8-2
No. 2 Doubles; Callie Creekmore and Elizabeth Meyer (M) d. Franklin/Knipp (E); 8-0
No. 3 Doubles; Laura Kebert and Margaret Cosnahan (M) d. Johnson/Demcambre; 8-1
No. 1 Singles; Li Kam Wa (M) d. Kent (E); 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 Singles; Creekmore (M) d. Franklin (E); 6-0,6-0
No. 3 Singles; Williams (M) d. Kent (E); 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 Singles; Meyer (M) d. Johnson (E); 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 Singles; Kebert (M) d. Knipp (E); 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 Singles; Cosnanhan (M) d. Demcambre (E); 6-0. 6-0
UT-Tyler 8 Millsaps 1
No. 1 Doubles; Friesenhahn/Hermsdorf (T) d. Deena Li Kam Wa and Lauren Williams (M); 8-5
No. 2 Doubles; Blundell/Payne (T) d. Callie Creekmore and Elizabeth Meyer (M); 8-3
No. 3 Doubles; Albro/Wilkins (T) d. Laura Kebert and Margaret Cosnahan (M); 8-0
No. 1 Singles; Li Kam Wa (M) d. Friesenhahn (T); 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 Singles; Hermsdorf (T) d. Creekmore (M); 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 Singles; Blundell (T) d. Williams (M); 6-0, 3-6, 10-7
No. 4 Singles; Payne (T) d. Meyer (M); 8-2
No. 5 Singles; Trich (T) d. Kebert (M); 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 Singles; Evans (T) d. Cosnahan (M); 6-2, 6-1
