Women's Tennis Sweeps Ferrum Fall Tournament over Weekend

Women's Tennis Sweeps Ferrum Fall Tournament over Weekend
FERRUM - The Roanoke College women's team won the Ferrum Fall tournament over the weekend. The Maroons played in all nine draws and won every draw they played in.

Jennifer Antoszyk won the A-singles draw by defeating Randolph's Sarah Parker (6-0, 6-0) and Dina Velazco (6-3, 6-0). In the semi-finals of the "B" draw, Briell Smith defeated Kaitlyn Kolster (6-1, 6-1), while Corbin Leitch beat Rebecca Harbeck (6-0, 6-1). Smith and Leitch chose not to play each other in the finals.

Lexi Deverich won the C-singles draw after being victorious over Ferrum's Brittany Martin (6-0,6-1) and Randolph's Emma Snead (6-1, 6-1). The Maroons also split the D-singles draw as Kaity Diskerud won her match 6-0, 6-1, and Kristin McDowell won her match 6-1, 6-1. The two chose not to play each other in the final, and just take the points.

Roanoke also won the E & F singles draws as Elli Fields won her two matches (6-2, 6-0 & 6-3, 6-0), and Alex Waguespack also went 2-0 without droping a single game.

In Doubles, Antoszyk and Smith took top honors after beating Randolph's Verdezoto/Kolster (8-4) and Velazco/Parker (8-1). The Maroons also put two teams in the finals of the B draw as Deverich/Leitch won in the semis 8-0, and Goodes/McDowell topped their opponents 8-2. They chose to not play the finals of the draw.

Finally the team of Fields/Waguespack went 2-0 in the C doubles draw after winning 8-2 in the first match, and 8-0 in the second.

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