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Women?s Tennis Picks Up Huge Win Over Oglethorpe; Await Seeding on Monday

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Millsaps Majors Women's Tennis Team continued their terrific play as they traveled down to Birmingham on Saturday afternoon to take on the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels, in a match that will play a role into where the Majors will be seeded for next weeks SCAC Tournament. Millsaps did not disappoint, taking care of the Petrels in a 7-2 victory.
 
The Majors got things rolling in the singles matches as the No. 1 team of senior Lauren Williams and freshman Deena Li Kam Wa completely dominated their opponent in rout to an 8-0 victory. The No. 2 doubles team of senior Elizabeth Meyer and sophomore Callie Creekmore got a key victory to give the Majors a 2-1 lead as they took their match, 8-4.
 
Millsaps went into singles play and took care of business as 1-5 all won in straight sets. Li Kam Wa improved her record to 18-1 this season with a 6-1, 6-4 victory. Creekmore went to 13-6 in No. 2 singles with a 6-0, 6-1 win while Williams improved to 15-4 on the season with a 6-0, 6-2 victory. Meyer went to 16-3 this year at No. 4 singles with a win while sophomore Laura Kebert picked up the seventh point for the Majors with a three set winner.
 
Millsaps goes to 15-4 on the season and will await their seeding the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament next weekend in Little Rock. The seeding is excepted to be announced on Monday.  The Majors do have one more game remaining in the regular season as they head to Clinton to take on the Mississippi College Choctaws. First serve is set for 2 p.m. on Wednesday.

Millsaps 7 Oglethorpe 2

No. 1 Doubles;  Lauren Williams and Deena Li Kam Wa (M) d. Kici Te and Sarah Duff (O); 8-0
No. 2 Doubles;  Callie Creekmore and Elizabeth Meyer (M) d. Caffrey Francis and Clara Keinheimer (O); 8-4
No. 3 Doubles;  Jayme Danielson and Kate Siess (O) d. Laura Kebert and Margaret Cosnahan (M); 8-0
 
No. 1 Singles;     Kam Wa (M) d. Francis (O); 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 Singles;     Creekmore (M) d. Te (O); 6-0,6-1
No. 3 Singles;     Williams (M) d. Danielson (O); 6-0, 6-2
No. 4 Singles;     Meyer (M) d. Duff (O); 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 Singles;     Kebert (M) d.  Siess (O); 7-5, 3-6, 10-6
No. 6 Singles;     Groover (O) d. Cosnahan (M); 6-2, 6-4
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