Women's Tennis

Lady Tigers fall at Cumberland, 8-1

Box Score

LEBANON, Tenn. - The 25th-ranked Cambellsville University Lady Tiger Tennis team was unable to avoid the road upset today at Cumberland University as they lost 8-1.

 The Lady Tigers were only able to pick up one point on the day via a Haley Dallas singles win.


"The girls had a tough loss today to a very solid Cumberland U team," said Coach Kyle Caven. "We're excited to get more matches under our belt to help our consistency."

The loss moved their record to 1-4 on the season. They will pick up play when they host the University of Northwestern Ohio on March 21 at the Kelly Hall Tennis Complex. Following the match Tuesday, the NAIA announced the latest NAIA rankings, which have the Lady Tigers falling to the receiving votes category. 

 

Cumberland University 8, Campbellsville 1

Doubles
Angelica Sepulveda/Alena Gizdic (Cumb) def. Anna Tumanyan/Haley Dallas (CU) 8-5
Gisela Amor Garcia/Tarsha de Souza (Cumb) def. Megan Charity/Jenna Sallee 9-7
Trinidad Aguirre/Franki Jecker (Cumb) def. Lindy Charity/Meg Brown 8-0

Singles
Gizdic (Cumb) def. Tumanyan (CU) 6-1, 6-4
de Souza (Cumb) def. M. Charity (CU) 6-1, 6-3
Garcia (Cumb) def. Sallee (CU) 6-1, 6-4
Jasmine Shankar (Cumb) def. L. Charity 8-1
Dallas (CU) def. Aguirre (Cumb) 8-2
Jecker (Cumb) def. Brown (CU) 8-0

 

The Lady Tigers fell out of the Top 25 Coaches' Poll for the first time this season. The team is receiving 38 votes. Cumberland University moved into the top 25 at #21 after receiving votes last week. There are two other Mid-South Conference teams that are also either receiving votes or in the top 25. Lindsey Wilson College stood their ground at #4, while Georgetown College is receiving 5 votes.

 
2015 NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll (March 17)
RANK
LAST WEEK^
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)
2014-15 RECORD
TOTAL POINTS
1
1
Georgia Gwinnett (14)
4-4
343
2
2
Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
7-3
331
3
3
Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)
14-2
322
4
4
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
3-6
310
5
5
Brenau (Ga.)
7-3
297
6
6
SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
5-2
288
7
7
Xavier (La.)
10-6
278
8
8
Northwood (Fla.)
5-3
266
9
10
Arizona Christian
14-0
249
10
9
Oklahoma Baptist
3-3
246
11
11
Westmont (Calif.)
7-5
229
12
13
Concordia (Calif.)
4-8
209
13
19
Graceland (Iowa)
1-2
191
14
16
Indiana Wesleyan
14-1
190
15
15
Vanguard (Calif.)
3-8
187
16
19
Cardinal Stritch (Wis.)
7-2
181
17
18
Coastal Georgia
6-4
168
18
12
Davenport (Mich.)
5-4
143
19
20
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
3-9
136
20
21
William Carey (Miss.)
6-5
114
21
RV
Cumberland (Tenn.)
4-3
113
22
RV
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
6-4
112
23
24
Southeastern (Fla.)
8-2
98
24
22
Northwestern Ohio
5-5
88
25
RV
Evangel (Mo.)
1-3
87
Others Receiving Votes: Milligan (Tenn.) 76; Marian (Ind.) 46; Aquinas (Mich.) 44; Campbellsville (Ky.) 38; Missouri Valley 28; St. Thomas (Fla.) 26; LSU Alexandria 15; Bethel (Kan.) 11; Georgetown (Ky.) 5; Ashford (Iowa) 3; Reinhardt (Ga.) 3.
^ 2015 NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll (March 3)
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Players Mentioned

Meg Brown

Meg Brown

Junior

Players Mentioned

Meg Brown

Meg Brown

Junior