Tennis Teams Steam Past St. John Fisher

HILTON HEAD ISLAND,  SC -- The Catawba tennis teams picked up wins over St. John Fisher on Monday at Hilton Head.  The women swept to a 9-0 win, while the men claimed a 7-2 decision over the Cardinals.  The Catawba Indian women improve to 9-3, while the men are now 8-4. 

The Catawba women lost only seven total game in singles and double action to gain the win.  The men swept the doubles and won four singles matches while sitting usual #1 player Alex Macdonald (Lowen Hutt, NEW ZEALAND) in singles.

MEN’S MATCH RESULTS
CATAWBA 7, ST. JOHN FISHER 2
Singles
#1 Jess Goodall (C) d. Greg Duffy 6-1, 6-0
#2 Matthew Nicholson (C) d. Dan Parshall 6-2, 6-2
#3 Mitchell McDonald (C) d. Patrick McGrath 6-0, 6-2
#4 Jack Mordey (C) d. Bryan Hanley 6-3, 6-4
#5 Sheldon Mitchell (SJ) d. Aaron Vanhorenbeck 6-4, 1-6, 13-11
#6 Nathaniel Lyon (SJ) d. Kyle Mechling  6-0, 7-5

Doubles
#1 Nicholson/Alex Macdonald (C) d. Duffy/Tom Quinzi 8-1
#2 McDonald/Mordey (C) d. Parshall/Hanley 8-0
#3 Goodall/Vanhorenbeck (C) d. McGrath/Lyon 8-3
RECORDS: Catawba 8-4; St. John Fisher 1-2

WOMEN’S MATCH RESULTS
CATAWBA 9, ST. JOHN FISHER 0
Singles
#1 Liz Renteria (C) d. Katie Pasier  6-2, 6-0
#2 Sloan Kessler (C) d. Jenna Lerner 6-0, 6-1
#3 Lauren Sledd (C) d. Sania Zaki  6-0, 6-1
#4 Ally Prior (C) d. Laureen Burke 6-0, 6-1
#5 Olivia Myers (C) d. Alyssa Karacca   6-0, 6-0
#6 Andrea Bell (C) d. Alissa Cornacchia  6-0, 6-0

Doubles
#1 Renteria/Kessler (C) d. Pasier?Lerner 8-2
#2 Sledd/Prior (C) d. Zaki/Burke 8-0
#3 Bell/Rachel Rudisill (C) d. Cornacchia/Taylor Duquette 8-0
RECORDS: Catawba 9-3; St. John Fisher 1-11