Women's Tennis

Lady Tigers advance to NCCAA Tennis semifinal

MOBILE, Ala. -- Lady Tiger tennis opened its second national tournament appearance Tuesday with a strong pool play victory over Bethel College (Ind.), 5-0, to clinch a spot in Thursday's semifinal. Campbellsville University now shares the lead in Pool B of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Tournament, which is being played at the Mobile Copeland-Cox Tennis Center.

"It's always good to get a win at the beginning of a tournament in pool play and to not play from behind," said Kyle Caven, CU tennis coach. "We have a long way to go but hopefully a good start will get us going."

CU (14-6) will meet Palm Beach Atlantic University in the final pool play match Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. CDT. The winner will lock up the No. 1 seed in Thursday's semifinal. PBAU defeated Bethel, 5-0, in the afternoon session Tuesday.

Campbellsville began its Tuesday match by sweeping all three doubles. The Lady Tigers had not trouble putting together a pair of 8-2 victories in their first two doubles matches, while Lindy Charity and Stacey Drew were forced to play a tie-breaker at No. 3 doubles. CU was on pace to win all six singles matches. The decisive wins in singles play came at No. 4 and No. 5 from freshman Jenna Sallee and sophomore Aspen Edwards.

In Pool A, Cedarville University and Emmanuel College are both tied for the lead with a pair of wins Tuesday over Dallas Baptist University and Indiana Wesleyan University. Emmanuel and Cedarville will play each other Wednesday to determine their seeds in the semifinals.


Campbellsville 5, Bethel 0
DOUBLES

No.1 Anna Tumanyan/Aspen Edwards (CU) def. Moll O'Grady/Whitny Neuenschwander(BC), 8-2
No. 2 Jenna Salle/Megan Charity (CU) def. Sarah Cressman/M. McFarren (BC), 8-2
No. 3 Lindy Charity/Stacey Drew(CU) def. Bethany Blodgett/Melissa Ramer (BC), 9-8(7)

SINGLES
1. Anna Tumanyan (CU) vs. Molly O'Grady (BC), 6-3, 4-3, DNF
2. Megan Charity (CU) vs. Sarah Cressman (BC), 6-3, 5-2, DNF
3. Lindy Charity (CU) vs. Whitney Neuenschwander (BC), 6-3, 3-2, DNF
4. Jenna Sallee (CU) def. Bethany Blodgett (BC), 6-1, 6-2
5. Aspen Edwards (CU) def. Melissa Ramer (BC), 6-1, 6-2
6. Stacey Drew (CU) vs. Taryn Johnson (BC), 6-4, 1-1, DNF
       
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Players Mentioned

Lindy Charity

Lindy Charity

Freshman
Megan Charity

Megan Charity

Freshman
Stacey Drew

Stacey Drew

Senior
Aspen Edwards

Aspen Edwards

Sophomore
Jenna Sallee

Jenna Sallee

Freshman
Anna Tumanyan

Anna Tumanyan

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Lindy Charity

Lindy Charity

Freshman
Megan Charity

Megan Charity

Freshman
Stacey Drew

Stacey Drew

Senior
Aspen Edwards

Aspen Edwards

Sophomore
Jenna Sallee

Jenna Sallee

Freshman
Anna Tumanyan

Anna Tumanyan

Freshman