Tennis Teams Fall to Mount Olive

HILTON HEAD ISLAND,  SC -- Both Catawba tennis teams fell to Mount Olive on Tuesday at Hilton Head.  The men fell to the 38th-ranked Trojans 8-1, while the women dropped a tight 5-4 decision.  The Catawba men now stand 8-5 on the year with the women dropping to 9-4. 

Jess Goodall (Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA/Northclilff) won the lone point for the men at #2 singles.  Catawba's women led 4-2 after singles, but dropped all three doubles match as the Trojans rallied.

MEN’S MATCH RESULTS
#38 MOUNT OLIVE 8, CATAWBA 1
Singles
#1 Edgar Bub (MO) d. Alex Macdonald 6-4, 6-3
#2 Jess Goodall (C) d. Henric Fulkenberg 6-1, 3-6, 10-4
#3 Gabriel Santana (MO) d. Matthew Nicholson 6-4, 6-3
#4 Akie Mariane (MO) d. Mitchell McDonald 6-4, 7-6
#5 Stanley Raffe (MO) d. Jack Mordey 6-2, 6-2
#6 Briham Meelum (MO) d. Aaron Vanhorenbeck 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
#1 Bub/Rik Wolthuis (MO) d. Macdonald/Nicholson 8-3
#2 Fulkenberg/Mariane (MO) d. McDonald/Mordey 8-4
#3 Raffe/Meelum (MO) d. Goodall/Vanhorenbeck 8-4
RECORDS: Catawba 8-5; Mount Olive 5-0

WOMEN’S MATCH RESULTS
MOUNT OLIVE 5, CATAWBA 4
Singles
#1 Liz Renteria (C) d. Molly Lentini  6-4, 3-6, 10-8
#2 Francessa Ceppi (MO) d. Sloan Kessler 7-5, 6-4
#3 Roxanne Cherinard (MO) d. Lauren Sledd  7-5, 6-2
#4 Ally Prior (C) d. Samara Paldinhe 6-2, 4-6, 10-6
#5 Olivia Myers (C) d. Maite Bellese   6-2, 6-3
#6 Andrea Bell (C) d. Paulina Delgade  6-1, 6-1

Doubles
#1 Lentini/Ceppi (MO) d. Renteria/Kessler 8-4
#2 Cherinard/Bellese (MO) d. Sledd/Prior 8-5
#3 Paldinhe/Delgade (MO) d. Bell/Rachel Rudisill 8-3
RECORDS: Catawba 9-4; Mount Olive 4-2