Tennis Battles Oxford College

The SMC men's tennis team traveled to Georgia to compete against Oxford College this past weekend. Oxford College is led by their head coach Pernilla Hardin. The match was played under sunny, but windy skies with a temperature of 66 degrees. Oxford came out victorious by a score of 6-3. The Pioneers won #1 doubles, #1singles, and #2 singles.

Dobles:

#1Duarte/Green SMC def. Cabral/Pioso 8-6 #2Hua/Rachuram Oxford def. Brown/Gault 8-4 #3Hua/Sonawala  Oxford def. Stacy/Hernandez 8-1

#1Duarte SMC def. Cabal Oxford 1-6, 7-6(5), 10-7 #2Green SMC def. Pioso Oxford 6-4,6-4 #3Hua Oxford def. Brown SMC 6-1, 6-1 #4Yang Oxford def. Gault SMC 6-1, 6-1 #5Sonawala Oxforg def. Stacy SMC 6-0, 6-1 #6Hasty Oxford def. Hernandez SMC 6-0, 6-0

Congratulations to Coach Pernilla and Oxford College on a fine match. Oxford has a tennis facility that any school would be proud to possess.  Oxford is truly one of the nicest campuses I have ever seen. Our team fought really hard and competed extremely well today. I'm really proud of Hufelder and Austin, for gutting it out in very windy conditions.  Any time you have a player save multiple match points, as Hufelder did, you know they are focused and locked in mentally. Also, great job by Austin for being willing to put the ball in play and to scrap and find a way to win. His game has progressed multiple levels in the last month.

Up Next:

• The Pioneers head to Presbyterian College 3/24/17 at 6:00 PM. 

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