Saturday, March 4th, 2006

Lady Lions Earn First Victory Of The Season

The Piedmont College women's tennis team earned its first victory of the season today with a 5-4 win over Meredith College in the final match of the Lady Lions' Spring Break road trip through Virginia and Maryland. Piedmont swept all three doubles matches with Lindsey Hughes and Mindy Pfeiffer picking up singles wins at #1 and #5 singles respectively.

The win moves Piedmont to 1-3 overall on the season with the Lady Lions returning to action on March 16th with a Great South Athletic Conference match at LaGrange College beginning at 4:00.

Piedmont College 5, Meredith College 4
Chestertown, MD

Singles
1. Hughes (PC) d. Roberson (MC) 6-3, 6-2
2. Smith (MC) d. Brittain (PC) 6-1, 6-4
3. Williford (MC) d. Hewett (PC) 6-4, 6-3
4. Gooch (MC) d. Mulligan (PC) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
5. Pfeiffer (PC) d. Dillon (MC) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
6. Hardee (MC) d. Morris (PC) 7-5, 6-2

Doubles
1. Brittain/Hewett (PC) d. Roberson/Williford (MC) 8-4
2. Pfeiffer/Hughes (PC) d. Smith/Gooch (MC) 8-1
3. Morris/Mulligan (PC) def. Dillon/Hardee (MC) 8-5

Record
Piedmont 1-3