Chattanooga, TN- Covenant's tennis teams improved on their seasons 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).

The women's match started out with some strong doubles at #1 (Myers/Cochran) and #2 (Ramage/Shibley) and a tough loss at #3 (Sizemore/Case) for Covenant to lead 2-1 going into singles.  The Covenant women then put on an impressive performance and swept all 6 singles.  Jane Shibley at #4 and Annika Case at #6 had to go three sets but managed to win both of those while the other matches were won in straight sets.

The men are now 5-2, and the women 3-3.  Both teams will be back in action Saturday against Milligan College at the Champion's Club.  Play will begin at 12:00 noon.

Men's results
Women's results