Lady Eagles Begin Tournament Run With Shutout of Mars Hill :: C-N makes short work of short-handed Lions

April 16, 2008

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - The top-seeded Carson-Newman Lady Eagles took advantage of a short-handed Mars Hill squad to pick up a 5-0 win in the first round of the 2008 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis Tournament.

Carson-Newman (11-1) advances to face fourth-seeded Lincoln Memorial on Friday in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Mars Hill ends its season at 3-16.

The Lady Eagles began the match with a 2-0 lead, after Mars Hill forfeited at both #3 doubles and #6 singles, because it had only five players.

C-N, with a doubles point already in hand, won quickly at #2 doubles as Elizabeth Sneed (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Cassie Moulton (Maryville, Tenn.), beat Mars Hill's Paola Aybar Jimenez and Kim Blythe, 8-1.

Sophomore Amanda Bartlett (Powder Springs, Ga.) and freshman Taryn Cappadonna (Kennesaw, Ga.) followed with an 8-4 win at #1 doubles over Patty La Rovere and Adriana Borda.

Moulton would clinch the match with a win at #5 singles over Aybar Jimenez, 6-0, 6-1, edging out junior Emily Sorah for the point, who finished almost simultaneously.

2008 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis Tournament At Jefferson City, Tenn. Carson-Newman 5, Mars Hill 0

Doubles
#1 Bartlett/ Cappadonna (C-N) def. La Rovere/Borda	8-4
#2 Sneed/Moulton (C-N) def. Aybar Jimenez/Blythe	8-1
#3 (C-N) def. (MHC)	Forfeit

Singles
#1 Amanda Bartlett (C-N) led Patty La Rovere	6-2, 1-2 DNF
#2 Taryn Cappadonna (C-N) led Adriana Borda	6-4, 0-1 DNF
#3 Elizabeth Sneed (C-N) led Kim Blythe	6-4, 1-1 DNF
#4 Emily Sorah (C-N) led Paola Aybar Jimenez	6-0, 5-0 DNF
#5 Cassie Mouton (C-N) def. Rachel Hall	6-0, 6-1
#6 (C-N) def. (MHC)	Forfeit