Lady Rams Drop Hard-Fought Match At Tuskegee

TUSKEGEE, Ala-- The University of Mobile women's tennis team fell 4-5 to NCAA-II Tuskegee University Tuesday evening.

Mobile (3-1) visits LaGrange College Wednesday, Feb. 29 at 4 pm.

With the teams splitting the No. 1 and 3 doubles matches, the Golden Tigers nabbed a 9-8 (7-5) win at No. 2 singles to take the 2-1 lead heading to singles play.

While Stephanie Tomita and Treya Smith cruised to victories in singles action, Tuskegee took the match with a pair of hard-fought wins at No. 5 and 6 singles, with tie-breaker wins.

Women's Tennis
Tuskegee 5 - Mobile 4

Doubles
1. Abrantes/Tomita (UM) def. Knight/Scott (TU) 8-5
2. Dixon/Willoughby (TU) def. Phillips/Smith (UM) 9-8 (7-5)
3. Creighton/McGee (TU) def. Cullum/Berner (UM) 8-1

Singles
1. Shaneka Knight (TU) def. Marcela Abrantes (UM) 6-3, 6-2
2. Stephanie Tomita (UM) def. Sunny Willoughby (TU) 6-3, 6-0
3. Ambria Phillips (UM) def. Cheryl Dixon (TU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
4. Treya Smith (UM) def. Jessica McGee (TU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Jasmine Creighton (TU) def. Emily Kolakoski (UM) 7-6 (10-8), 6-4
6. Christa Ratcliffe (TU) def. Cynthia Summersgill (UM) 6-4, 6-7 (7-2)