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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Men’s and Women’s Tennis Combines to get Three Wins on the Road at Transylvania Invitational

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The Men's and Women's tennis teams traveled to Lexington, KY to compete in a four-team invitational at Transylvania University.

The first match was against Greenville University (IL). After the men swept doubles to go up 3-0, all six singles players won their matches. Ethan Gibson and Gill Dunn won at 4 and 5 singles in close 3rd set tie breaks to complete the sweep. 

The ladies team started off with a strong 3-0 doubles lead, helped by Gillian Bosko and Dani Rappuhn at line 2 with a 8-7(2) tiebreak win. Lauren Carr, Nikki Restrepo, Addi Gunyon, and Alexis Baker piled on four more singles wins to make the final score 7-2 for the Scots.

Gill Dunn, and Graham Hayes won in straight sets while Ethan Gibson won in a thriller 13-11 in the third set tiebreak. 

The ladies team fought hard in the doubles matchplay but fell at all three lines and lost the match 0-9.

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