Birmingham, Ala. – The Millsaps Majors Women's Tennis Team competed in two closely contested games this weekend at Birmingham-Southern College. The Majors dropped the first match to the Southwestern Pirates on Saturday, falling 5-4. They returned on Sunday and faced BSC and this time found a way to take a 5-4 win over the Panthers.
 
On the first, the Majors struggled in doubles matches against Southwestern as they fell behind 2-1. The No. 2 team of sophomore Callie Creekmore and senior Elizabeth Meyer took a gritty, come from behind win over their opponent, 9-7, to give the Majors their lone point.
 
Millsaps split 3-3 in the singles competition as freshman Deena Li Kam Wa and senior Lauren Williams each won their match in straight sets. Meyer went to a Match Tie Break in a three set thriller and found a way to win 6-3, 6-7 (3), 10-5; however, the Majors came up just short.
 
The Majors came back on day two and played much better at double as the team of Li Kam Wa and Williams took the No. 1 match 8-1 and the No. 2 team of Meyer and Creekmore won 8-4 to take a 2-1 lead.
 
The singles saw a similar outcome as Li Kam Wa and Williams defeated their singles opponents in straight sets. The match was tied at four with Meyer entering her final set. The two went back and forth and found themselves tied at four games a piece. With a chance to break, Meyer goes through a long rally and ran down and hit a beautiful forehand to go up 5-4 and break the set. She served for the match and finished it off to take a 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 win and gave the Majors the victory.
 
Millsaps heads to Hilton Head, South Carolina this weekend for their Spring Break as they will take on Georgetown College, Olivet College, and Stroudsberg College this weekend.