Roanoke Wraps Up Their Fall Season

action photo of RC women's tennis player hitting a forehand
RC falls to Covenant 8-1

The Basics
Score:  Roanoke 1 | Covenant 8

Records: Maroons 0-4 | Scots 1-0
Location: Salem, Va.

The Lead: The Roanoke College women's tennis team played their final of four matches this fall when they hosted Covenant College on Friday afternoon. RC won at #1 doubles but found themselves down 2-1 after the trio of doubles matches. Covenant swept the singles matches and took the match, 8-1.

Women's Highlights:

  • Lucy Collins and Halle Fernstrum won a hard-fought match, 8-6, at the top doubles spot.
  • In singles play, Julia Bassett fell, 4-6, in the opening set but rallied to take the second, 6-4, and force a tie-breaker. Nicole Restrepo was able to regain the momentum and took the third set, 10-5, to pick up the win at #4.
  • At #5 singles, Sophie Bartholomaus found herself in the same spot as Bassett, 4-6 and 6-4. As was the case at the #4 spot, the Covenant player would take the tie-breaker, 10-4, giving the Scots a sweep of the (six) singles matches.

What's Next: That was the finale match of the fall and the women will pick up play for the spring term in late February.