Chattanooga, TN- Covenant's tennis teams improved on their season Monday evening by taking wins over the University of the Cumberlands.  The men's match started out with a sweep of all three doubles to give Covenant a 3-0 lead going into singles. The singles spots won were #3 John Hirte, with an easy victory of 6-2, 6-1, #4 Stephen Woody at 7-5, 6-1, and #6 Brandon Snipes with a 6-4, 6-2 victory.  The University of the Cumberlands won at #1, #2 and a tough match at #5 with John Hill defeating Johnny Herberich in a close, third set breaker: 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5).

Cleveland, TN- Covenant's tennis teams traveled the short distance to Cleveland, Tennessee on Friday to face a familiar foe in Lee University.  Despite a 9-0 loss for the women and an 8-1 loss for the men, the match was closer than the final score indicates.

 
Josh Jeremiah (men's #1 singles) and Jane Shibley (women's #4 singles) each missed on an opportunity to push their match to a third set after dropping the second in an 8-6 tie-break. Shibley's match went nearly 3 hours.  

Chattanooga, TN- Covenant's tennis teams started the spring season this afternoon with two commanding victories over the visiting Panthers of LaGrange College.  The men's 9-0 win saw some impressive debuts by freshmen Stephen Woody at #2 singles and Tom Yates at #5 Singles.  Senior Garrett Reid had the toughest match at #1, but his fitness and experience helped him manage a come-from-behind win.  Sophomore Andy Jones played very well at #6 as did junior Brandon Snipes at #4.

Covenant Women lost to Lee 8-1 with the lone win coming from Freshman Casey Cochran at #2 singles. #1 Julia Myers played a great match and lost a close one as did freshman Jane Shibley at #5 losing in a super tie-break.  

Goodell/Anic def. Myers/Ramage 8-3

Grgat/Sherlin def. Cochran/j.Sizemore 8-5

Gray/Butler def. Shibley/Sizemore 8-2  

Sara Anic def. Julia Myers 6-4, 7-6 (1)

The women's tennis team continued their great play yesterday beating a solid University of the Cumberlands team 6-3. The match was played at U of C and was delayed due to rain, but we somehow managed to get it all in.

Covenant had an impressive conference win today against UVA-Wise winning 9-0 for the women making the women 3-0 in conference play.  

Myers/Ramage def. Adkins/Kwammen 8-0

Cochran/J. Sizemore def. Bolling/Fritz 8-2

S. Sizemore/Shibley def. Kilgore/Campbell 8-0  

Covenant 7 Maryville 1 

The Lady Scots had a good win over Maryville College with solid play from everyone. Catie Ramage played an excellent singles match and Casey Cochran was in the middle of a great match that had to be called due to darkness. The Lady Scots now move to 1-1 on the season with a 7-1 victory over Maryville and await the opportunity to continue their strong play Tuesday February 17, at Emmanuel College.

Final match results were as follows:

The Lady Scots tennis team was honored with post season honors:

Caite Ramage was named Duard Walker Sportswoman of the year.

The team was named Co-Champions of Character award winners.

Julia Myers and Catie Ramage were named AAC All-Conference.

Julia Myers, Chelsey Schortman, and Mallory Cowden, were named All AAC Academic.

Caite Ramage was also an Individual Champion Of Character award winner.