SUMTER, S.C. – The 10th-ranked Jones College women's tennis team posted an impressive 3-0 showing on a weekend trip to South Carolina.
On Friday, Jones beat No. 18 Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (Georgia), 8-1, and host USC-Sumter, 9-0. On Saturday, Jones downed Harford College (Maryland), 9-0.
Jones will next host the Region 23 Championships April 11-13 at the Bobcat Tennis Complex.
Jones 8, ABAC 1
Guadalupe Tocci (Argentina) and
Daniela Tovar (Venezuela) won No. 2 doubles over Kylie Childers and Emily Macri, 8-0.
Maggie Savell (Park Place Christian Academy) and
Annalyn Housley (Nettleton) won No. 3 doubles by default.
Molly Bennett (Madison Central) and
Helen Hernandez (Venezuela) lost 3-8 in No. 1 doubles to Kitti Nemeth and Victoria Vendrell.
Hernandez beat Nemeth in No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-3 and Tocci won No. 2 singles over Vendrell, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4). Tovar took No. 3 singles over Macri, 6-3, 6-0. And Bennett defeated Childers in No. 4 singles, 6-1, 6-0. Housley and Savell took No.'s 5 and 6 singles, respectively, be default.
Jones 9, USC Sumter 0
Bennett and Hernandez won No. 1 doubles 8-1 over Serena Alvarado and Maeva Chambon and Housley and Savell took No. 2 doubles over Anna Grubbs and M.C. Cameron, 8-2.
Annabelle Simmons (Lamar School) and
Ansley Tomkins (Northwest Rankin) won No. 3 doubles by default.
Tocci beat Chambon, 6-0, 6-4, in No. 1 singles and Tovar took No. 2 singles over Alvarado, 6-1, 6-2. Housley blanked Grubbs in No. 3 singles, 6-0, 6-0 and Savell defeated Cameron in No. 4 singles, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2). Simmons won No. 5 singles over Laura Kotala, 6-3, 6-1 and Tomkins won No. 6 singles by default.
Jones 9, Harford 0
Tocci and Tovar beat Daniela Aguilar and Vanessa Padilla in No. 1 doubles, 8-4, and Housley and Savell shut out Tamara Matovic and Marie Webb in No. 2 doubles, 8-0. Tomkins and Simmons blanked Ann Malik Riosa and Jill Van der Velde in No. 3 doubles, 8-0.
Hernandez beat Aguilar in No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-2 and Bennett whipped Padilla in No. 2 singles, 6-1, 6-1. Housley defeated Matovic in No. 3 singles, 6-0, 6-1 and Savell beat Webb in No. 4 singles, 6-1, 6-2. Simmons blanked Riosa in No. 5 singles, 6-0, 6-0 and Tomkins beat Van der Velde in No. 6 singles, 6-1, 6-0.
