GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – Newberry College senior Elisa Aguirre won her singles match on the second court as the Tusculum Pioneers narrowly defeated Newberry 4-3 on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Aguirre and junior Judit Gonzalez Agud were the first pairing to fall in doubles play, followed by freshman Rosie Harfield and sophomore Rebecca Gibbons. The Pioneers earned the team doubles point before juniors Amy Griffiths and Lucy Spice lost at second doubles, falling 7-6.
 
During the singles matches, Gonzalez Agud's first singles matchup finished first as she lost 3-6, 1-6. Harfield finished next at fifth singles and gave Newberry their first point of the day after winning 6-3, 7-5, and the Wolves trailed 2-1. Griffiths tied the team match score up at 2-2, winning in three sets, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. After Gibbons lost at sixth singles, Aguirre's 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory retied the team scores with one match to go. Spice lost the first set and rallied for a 7-6 win in the second, forcing a decisive third frame. However, the junior from Maidstone, Kent, U.K. lost 4-6 as the Pioneers triumphed 4-3 overall.
 
FAST FACTS

• Aguirre won her eighth singles match of the season.
• Playing at fifth singles for the first time this year, Harfield won in three sets. The freshman from Lee-on-Solent, England is 1-0 at no. 5 singles, 3-1 at no. 6 singles, and 1-1 at no. 4 singles.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
Newberry (9-5, 4-4 SAC) begins a three-match home stand on Friday, Mar. 26th at 2 p.m against Limestone (8-3, 4-3 SAC).