Score:
Salem 9, Ferrum
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Sweet Briar at Salem | February 24 | Winston-Salem, N.C. | Bert Lain Tennis Center
Records:
Salem (2-2) / Ferrum (0-2)
FERRUM, Va. – The Salem tennis team claimed its seventh straight win and second all-time shutout against Ferrum when the Spirits posted a 9-0 win at Ferrum on Tuesday afternoon.
Making just its second trip to Ferrum in program history, Salem got off to a great start with an 8-0 win in No. 3 doubles as the tandem of Alyx Diggs and Abrielle Eckenroth downed Emily Walker and Marcella Hatcher. The lead moved to 2-0 for Salem as the No. 1 singles pairing of Mariana Faint and Adley Keim posted an 8-3 win over Ferrum's Hannah Huffman and Gabby Mendoza.
Salem completed the doubles sweep as the second-seeded tandem of Emily Griffis and Alana Bridges fought past Morgan Hundley and Mary Mason to earn the 9-8 (7-3) victory.
Bridges kept the Panthers without a point in the match as she stretched the Salem lead to 4-0 in No. 5 singles by posting a 6-0, 6-0 victory against Walker. Eckenroth followed with the match-winning point at the No. 6 singles spot, downing Hatcher by scores of 6-0, 6-0.
Diggs continued the straight set trend with a pair of 6-0, 6-0 wins over Mason in No. 4 singles as the Spirits owned a 6-0 lead. Faint picked up a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Huffman in No. 2 singles, while Keim added the eighth point for the Spirits with a 6-1, 6-1 triumph against Hundley in the clash of No. 1 seeds.
Griffis completed a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Mendoza in No. 3 singles action, helping the Spirits win every singles match in two-set fashion.
Singles competition
1. Adley Keim (SAL) def. Morgan Hundley (FCW) 6-1, 6-1
2. Mariana Faint (SAL) def. Hannah Huffman (FCW) 6-4, 6-1
3. Emily Griffis (SAL) def. Gabby Mendoza (FCW) 6-3, 6-2
4. Alyx Diggs (SAL) def. Mary Mason (FCW) 6-0, 6-0
5. Alana Bridges (SAL) def. Emily Walker (FCW) 6-0, 6-0
6. Abrielle Eckenroth (SAL) def. Marcella Hatcher (FCW) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Mariana Faint/Adley Keim (SAL) def. Hannah Huffman/Gabby Mendoza (FCW) 8-3
2. Emily Griffis/Alana Bridges (SAL) def. Morgan Hundley/Mary Mason (FCW) 9-8 (7-3)
3. Alyx Diggs/Abrielle Eckenroth (SAL) def. Emily Walker/Marcella Hatcher (FCW) 8-0
Doubles order of finish: 3, 1, 2
Singles order of finish: 5, 6, 4, 2, 1, 3
