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LWC wins Mid-South Women's Tennis tournament

Raiders take title over No. 1 seed Campbellsville and get automatic bid to National Tournament in Mobile, Alabama
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By Dan White

CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - For the second time this season a womens tennis match between Lindsey Wilson College and Campbellsville (KY) University came down to a single match with the score tied 4-4.

The only difference was this time the Mid-South Conference Tournament Championship was on the line and the Blue Raiders ended up with the title after avenging its loss to the Tigers earlier this season with a 5-4 win of their own on Monday, April 25, 2011, at the Coca-Cola Tennis Courts in Campbellsville, KY.



Tied 4-4, the MSC Championship came down to the No. 2 singles match between Blue Raider sophomore Laura Vergara and Tiger sophomore Anita Henestrosa. Vergara dominated the first set 6-0, but fell in the second 6-3. The decisive third set went down to the wire with Vergara ultimately winning 7-5.

Heading into singles play Lindsey Wilson trailed Campbellsville 2-1 after strong performances by the Tigers first and third seed doubles teams.

At No. 1 Campbellsvilles Tanya Murtagh and Henestrosa beat Trina Slapeka and Slavica Milanovic 8-4, while the Tigers Kristen Hamrick and Stacey Drew topped Edelmira Ferri and Ashley Phillips 8-0 at No. 3.

Blue Raiders Rocio Cardo and Vergara won 8-3 at No. 2 doubles against Gleidys Salazar and Aspen Edwards.

The first singles match to end was Milanovics 6-0, 6-0 sweep of Salazar to pull Lindsey Wilson into a 2-2 tie before wins by Drew and Edwards over Phillips and Cardo at No.4 and six seeds, respectively put the Tigers in control at 4-2.Needing to rally for three wins to win the championship, Slapeka got the Blue Raiders started at the top seed, beating Murtagh 6-3, 6-3, while Ferri outlasted Hamrick 7-6 (3)m 7-5 to tie the match with only Vergaras match to play.

With the win Lindsey Wilson improves to 13-5 on the season with a No. 23 national ranking and earns an automatic bid to nationals, while the Tigers drop to 14-5 with a No. 20 national ranking.

The loss to the Blue Raiders was the first to a conference team this season for Campbellsville.

Lindsey Wilson returns to action on May 17-21, 2011, at the NAIA National Championship in Mobile, AL.


This story was posted on 2011-04-25 20:03:27
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Lindsey Wilson Women's Tennis



2011-04-25 - Photo by Dan White.
The 2011 Mid-South Conference Women's Tennis Tournament Champions, the Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders: Ashley Phillips, Rocio Cardo, Edelmira Ferri, Laura Vergara, Slavica Milanovic, Trina Slapeka and head coach Bill Shook. The Blue Raiders topped Campbellsville University 5-4 at Campbellsville, KY.

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