The Spring Hill College women’s tennis team split a pair of matches against Savannah State (4-3) and LeMoyne-Owen (7-0) during the opening day of the SIAC Round-Up at the Copeland-Cox (Mobile) Tennis Center on Thursday.

The Badgers suffered a 4-3 loss to Savannah State to open the day. Spring Hill was able to secure the doubles point, with Claire Bosman and Brooke Powerswinning their match 6-2, and Emma Koch and Paola Marin Sabao winning 6-1.

Powers and Alicia Wilson were able to secure wins in singles play, but it wasn’t enough for SHC to get over the hump.

In their second match of the day, the Badgers swept LeMoyne-Owen 7-0. Bosman and Powers had a clean sweep in doubles, winning 6-0. Koch and Marin Sabao also had a clean sweep in doubles play. Emma Pager and Danielle Day brought home a doubles victory, winning their match 6-2.

Marin Sabao continued her clean sweep in singles play, not dropping a point. Koch, Wilson, Pager, Powers, and Bosman all won their singles games also.

Match Details
Date: Feb. 8
Time: 9 a.m. / 1 p.m.
Venue(Location): Copeland-Cox (Mobile) Tennis Center (Mobile, Ala.)

Results
Savannah State 4, Spring Hill 3
Records: Spring Hill (1-2, 0-1 SIAC), Savannah State University (1-0, 1-0 SIAC)

Doubles:
1. Claire Bosman/Brooke Powers (SHC) def. Madeleine Nolan/Padmasree Murugan (SSU) 6-2
2. Amarlia Benn /Gabrielle Benn (SSU) def. Danielle Day/Emma Pager (SHC) 6-3
3. Emma Koch/Paola Marin Sabao (SHC) def. Sunzahra Banks/Jharia Webster (SSU) 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles:
1. Gabrielle Brenn (SSU) def. Emma Koch (SHC) 6-3, 6-2
2. Madelaine Nolan (SSU) def. Claire Bosman (SHC) 7-6, 7-6, 10-7
3. Brooke Powers (SHC) def. Amarlia Benn (SSU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Padmasree Murugan (SSU) def. Emma Pager (SHC) 7-5, 6-2
5. Sunzahra Banks (SSU) def. Paola Marin Sabao (SHC) 6-4, 7-6
6. Alicia Wilson (SHC) def. Chazmin Yokley (SSU) 7-5, 4-6, 10-8

Spring Hill 7, LeMoyne-Owen 0
Records: Spring Hill (2-2, 1-1 SIAC), LeMoyne-Owen (0-1, 0-1 SIAC)

Doubles:
1. Claire Bosman/Brooke Powers (SHC) def. Taylor Frierson/Kelsey McNeal (LOC) 6-0
2. Danielle Day/Emma Pager (SHC) def. Chido Chimbetete/Lar’Rie King (LOC) 6-2
3. Emma Koch/Paola Marin Sabao (SHC) def. Braelyn Miller/Carmen Abark (LOC) 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles:
1. Emma Koch (SHC) def. Kelsey McNeal (LOC) 6-1, 6-0
2. Claire Bosman (SHC) def. Taylor Frierson (LOC) 6-2, 6-0
3. Brooke Powers (SHC) def. Chito Chimbetete (LOC) 6-1, 6-0
4. Emma Pager (SHC) def. Lar’Rie King (LOC) 6-1, 6-1
5. Paola Marin Sabao (SHC) def. Carmen Abark 6-0, 6-0
6. Alicia Wilson (SHC) def. Braelyn Miller (LOC) 6-1, 6-0

Match Notes
– Powers secured her second singles win of the season.
– Wilson won her first two singles matches of the season.
– The Badgers earned their first sweep over an opponent since March 31, 2023.
– The sweep also marked the second in a row against LeMoyne-Owen.

They said it
Head Coach John Dotson
On the match
“The Ladies played a tough match against SSU, losing 4-3. It came down to No. 2 singles losing a third-set tie breaker. The girls had great effort! The last match was against a vastly improved LOC, Brooke Powers scored her second singles win of the day! Claire Bosman and Emma Pager both played exceptionally well.”

Up Next
Spring Hill will host day two of the SIAC Round-Up on Friday, with matches against Benedict, Fort Valley State and Edward Waters.

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