MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Millsaps women's tennis program (6-3, 5-0 SAA) clinched the Southern Athletic Association regular season title with their victory at Rhodes on Saturday afternoon and by virtue of their head-to-head win over Centre (7-5, 4-1 SAA) on March 13. On Sunday, both the Millsaps women's and men's teams were downed 6-3 by Rhodes in a non-conference slate at the Dunavent Tennis Complex.
Sunday Women's Recap: 3-6
After dropping doubles on Court 1, the duos of
Amelia Christy/
Sarah Hayek and
Camille Landry/
Isabella Hutchins both won 8-4. Both teams played in and won in their first match of the season as pairings. In singles action,
Amelia Christy was victorious, 6-0, 6-1 to improve her singles record to 3-1 on the season.
Sunday Men's Recap: 3-6
The duo of
Mark Clark/
Carson Doles claimed the lone victory for the Majors on Court 3 in doubles action. In singles,
Henry Atkins and Clark both won in straight sets. Atkins improved to 4-1 while Clark won his first match of the season.
Sunday Women's Doubles Results
Darkey/Safarian (Rhodes) def. Jenkins/Sandoz, 8-5
Christy/Hayek def. Bennett/Yarbrough (Rhodes), 8-4
Landry/Hutchins def. Mullen/Holderness (Rhodes), 8-4
Sunday Women's Singles Results
Lea Letourneau (Rhodes) def.
Isabella Hutchins, 6-0, 6-0
Emily Holderness (Rhodes) def.
Jillian Sandoz, 6-0, 6-3
Julia Darkey (Rhodes) def.
Sarah Hayek, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 10-8
Kate Mcgough (Rhodes) def.
Morgan Jenkins, 6-2, 6-1
Amelia Christy def. Finn Mullen (Rhodes), 6-0, 6-1
Caroline Yarbrough (Rhodes) def.
Camille Landry, 7-5, 0-6, 12-10
Sunday Men's Doubles Results
Morton/Crump (Rhodes) def. Jackson/Kimball, 8-3
Lloyd/Williams (Rhodes) def Gardiner/Atkins, 8-3
Clark/Doles def. Tuck/Haynes (Rhodes), 8-6
Sunday Men's Singles Results
Daniel Trudell (Rhodes) def.
Trevor Vaccaro, 6-3, 6-2
Andrew Morton (Rhodes) def.
Hamilton Jackson, 6-2, 6-1
Ryan Crump (Rhodes) def.
Kells Hecht, 6-2, 6-4
Stuart Tuck (Rhodes) def.
Jakub Bobinski, 6-1, 3-6, 10-7
Henry Atkins def. Haynes (Rhodes), 6-4, 6-1
Mark Clark def. Thomas Ngien (Rhodes), 6-3, 6-0
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