The Spring Hill College Women’s tennis team opened the 2024 season with a 4-3 win against Birmingham-Southern at Medal of Honor Park (Cottage Hill Park) on Saturday.

Claire Bosman and Brooke Powers, both freshmen, clinched the doubles point for the Badgers on the No. 1 court with a 6-3 win. Paola Marin Sabao clinched the match point for Spring Hill after defeating BSC’s Meg Griffin (6-2, 6-0) on the No. 6 court.

Overall, the Badgers swept the doubles point and went 3-3 in singles play.

Match Details
Date: Feb 3
Time: 2 p.m.
Venue (Location): Medal of Honor Park (Cottage Hill Park) (Mobile, Ala.)

Results
Spring Hill 4, Birmingham-Southern 3
Records: Spring Hill (1-0, 0-0 SIAC), Birmingham-Southern (0-1, 0-0 SAA)

Doubles:

1. Claire Bosman/Brooke Powers (SPR-W) def. Blakely Valdez/Phoebe Shapard (BSC-WTEN) 6-3
2. Romina Kroemer/Emma Pager (SPR-W) def. Anna Beth Giles/Anna Cate Weeks (BSC-WTEN) 6-4
3. Emma Koch/Danielle Day (SPR-W) def. Anna Marie Bentley/Abbie Bateh (BSC-WTEN) 6-3

Order of Finish: 3,1,2

Singles:

1. Blakely Valdez (BSC-WTEN) def. Emma Koch (SPR-W) 6-4, 5-7, 10-1
2. Claire Bosman (SPR-W) def. Phoebe Shapard (BSC-WTEN) 6-2, 6-1
3. Brooke Powers (SPR-W) def. Anna Marie Bentley (BSC-WTEN) 6-0, 6-2
4. Anna Cate Weeks (BSC-WTEN) def. Romina Kroemer (SPR-W) 0-6, 6-2, 10-7
5. Anna Beth Giles (BSC-WTEN) def. Emma Pager (SPR-W) 6-7, 4-1, retired
6. Paola Marin Sabao (SPR-W) def. Meg Griffin (BSC-WTEN) 6-2, 6-0

Order of Finish: 3,2,6,4,5,1

Match Notes
– Three Badger freshmen; Bosman, Powers and Kroemer earned their first doubles victories while making their collegiate debut.
– Bosman and Powers also recorded their first career singles wins during the match.
– Marin Sabao opened the season with a singles win for the first time in her career.

They said it
Head Coach John Dotson
On the match
“[The] ladies played great!  Doubles started a little slow. First NCAA match for four ladies. They were a little nervous. We won all three doubles matches for the doubles point, won the first three singles matches with freshmen Claire Bosman and Brooke Powers winning for the first time in singles and doubles. Paola clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-0 victory.  Emma Pager was up when she was forced to retire due to injury and coach’s decision as the match was already decided.  The last two matches with Emma Koch and Romina Kroemer were finished because of coaches decision to complete the competition and early match play.”

Up Next
Spring Hill will host LSU-Alexandria at the University of Mobile Tennis Center on Monday.

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