The Men's and Women's tennis teams traveled to Lexington, Kentucky this past week to compete in a four-team invitational hosted by Transylvania.

In the first match against Greenville (Ill), the men swept doubles to go up 3-0. To follow, all six singles players won their matches securing the season-opener victory over the Panthers. Ethan Gibson and Gill Dunn won at 4 and 5 singles in close 3rd set tie breaks to complete the sweep. 

The ladies team started off with a strong 3-0 doubles lead, helped by Gillian Bosko and Dani Rappuhn at line twp with a 8-7(2) tiebreak win. Lauren Carr, Nikki Restrepo, Addi Gunyon, and Alexis Baker piled on four more singles wins to make the final score 7-2 for the Scots.

After the Greenville matchup, the Scots took on the tournament host, Transylvania. The men's team went down 1-2 in the doubles play with a sole win by Ethan Gibson and Gill Dunn at line two. Though now behind after doubles, the Scots battled back though to win five of the six singles matches. Ben Luke, Ben Onufrock, Gill Dunn, and Graham Hayes won in straight sets while Ethan Gibson won in a thrilling 13-11 third-set tiebreak. 

The ladies team fought hard in the doubles match play but fell at all three lines and lost the match 0-9.

The third and final match for the Scots was against regional rival Birmingham-Southern. The ladies team battled to a 2-1 doubles lead with wins at lines two and three from teams Dani Rappuhn and Angel Traylor as well as Gillian Bosko and Addi Gunyon. Freshmen Addi Gunyon and Angel Traylor both won their singles matches at line four and six, but the Scots could not pull through and fell to BSC 4-5.

The men's team put one doubles point on the board with Ben Onufrock and Austin Dreslinski getting the sole win at line one. Freshman Graham Hayes was able to get a solid singles win at line six, however, it did not prove to be enough. The Scots fell 2-7 against BSC.

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The women's team faces Asbury at home of February 25th. Then both teams hit the road to Orlando, FL where the Scots will spend the week facing several non-conference opponents.
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