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Colonels roll over Panthers for fifth straight win

4/13/2019 6:24:00 PM

Box Score BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Centre women's tennis continued its winning streak Saturday, dropping Birmingham-Southern by a 9-0 margin after a rain delay in Alabama for its fifth victory in a row.
 
The Colonels improve to 7-6 overall and 5-1 in the SAA, dropping the host Panthers to 9-6 overall and 3-2 in-conference. Centre entered the match ranked ninth in the South Atlantic Region, with BSC checking in at No. 15.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
- Neha Rao and Hannah Doherty, who remain ranked ninth in the South Atlantic Region, won by a clean 8-0 score at No. 1 over Isabella Wisener and Alyssa Yager for the second time in as many matches.
- Abigail Kent and Caroline Stallings won by an 8-2 score at No. 2, the pair's third straight victory together, against Emily Enoch and Ansley Turley.
- Emily Zelichenok and Katharine Sherman also won by an 8-2 margin at No. 3 over Lexie Dillard and Ashton Henderson, good for their fourth victory in a row.
- Centre claimed five of six singles matches in straight sets, including Rao's 6-1, 6-2 victory at No. 2 against Yager.
- Kent took No. 3, 6-4, 6-0 from Turley, and Stallings followed at No. 4 against Enoch, 6-1, 6-4, for her fifth straight triumph.
- Doherty went 6-3, 6-2 at No. 5 over Henderson, and Zelichenok 6-2, 6-3 at No. 6 against Dillard.
- The lone three-setter was at No. 1, where Sherman rallied to win, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (7) over BSC's Wisener.
 
UP NEXT
The Colonels travel to take on Millsaps in the SAA finale Sunday at 10 a.m. ET. Stay tuned for weather-related schedule changes.  
 
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