Score:
Salem 9, Mary Baldwin 0
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Records:
Salem (6-9, 3-5 USA South) / Mary Baldwin (1-12 / 0-7 USA South)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Salem College tennis team closed out the regular season the same way it opened it—with a decisive victory. The Spirits closed out the regular season with a 9-0 triumph at the Bert Lain Tennis Center over USA South Conference foe Mary Baldwin on Friday afternoon.
The victory moves Salem to 6-9 on the season and 3-5 in league play as the Spirits play the waiting game to see who they will face as the No. 6 seed in the USA South Conference Tournament which begins next week.
The Spirits claimed their first of two default wins in No. 3 doubles, which was followed by an 8-0 victory from the No. 2 doubles pair of Alana Bridges and Abrielle Eckenroth, who defeated Lauren Byrnes and Gabrielle Wyatt. That lead quickly moved to 3-0 following an 8-1 triumph by Mariana Faint and Adley Keim, who downed the tandem of Hannah Eastridge and Kelsey Bantel.
The second default point came in No. 6 singles, which pushed the Salem lead to 4-0. Sophomore Cadence Durham claimed a straight sets win (6-0, 6-0) in No. 3 singles, downing Byrnes for the decisive team victory point. Faint, who defeated Bantel by margins of 6-1, 6-0, resulting in the sixth point of the match for the Spirits from the No. 2 seeded singles slot.
The seventh point of the afternoon came by virtue of a 6-0, 6-0 victory by Alyx Diggs, who defeated Wyatt in No. 5 singles. Salem collected its eighth point of the day in No. 1 singles as Keim fought past Eastridge by scores of 6-0, 6-3.
Salem collected its second 9-0 win of the slate, first since downing Ferrum 9-0 on February 20th, following a 6-1, 6-2 win from Bridges as she defeated Wyatt in No. 4 singles.
Singles competition
1. Adley Keim (SAL) def. Hannah Eastridge (W-MBU) 6-0, 6-3
2. Mariana Faint (SAL) def. Kelsey Bantel (W-MBU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Cadence Durham (SAL) def. Lauren Byrnes (W-MBU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Alana Bridges (SAL) def. Gabrielle Wyatt (W-MBU) 6-1, 6-2
5. Alyx Diggs (SAL) def. Delaney Garner (W-MBU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Abrielle Eckenroth (SAL) def. No player (W-MBU), by default
Doubles competition
1. Mariana Faint/Adley Keim (SAL) def. Hannah Eastridge/Kelsey Bantel (W-MBU) 8-1
2. Alana Bridges/Abrielle Eckenroth (SAL) def. Lauren Byrnes/Gabrielle Wyatt (W-MBU) 8-0
3. Alyx Diggs/Cadence Durham (SAL) def. Delaney Garner/No player (W-MBU), by default
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,3,2,5,1,4)
