HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The No. 11 Newberry College women's tennis team (16-2, 3-2 SAC) finished their trip to Hilton Head for the PTR Spring Tennis Fest with a dominant 7-0 sweep over Shepherd on Friday morning.
The Wolves started off the match strong in doubles play, winning all three doubles matches by a combined score of 18-1. Amy Griffiths (Liverpool, England) and Lucy Spice (Maidstone, U.K.) combined for a 6-0 victory at No. 3 doubles, and Ish Singh (Gurugram, India) and Rosie Harfield (Lee-on-Solent, England) teamed up for a 6-1 win at No. 2 doubles. Nastassia Chamoun (Rouen, France) and Zulay Castaneda (Panama City, Panama) then completed the sweep of doubles play by securing the top doubles position by a score of 6-0.
The Newberry dominance continued into singles play with Singh, Spice, Harfield, and Rebecca Gibbons (Rock Hill, S.C.) all winning their matches by unblemished scores of 6-0 6-0. Castaneda was able to secure the top singles position as well with a 6-2 6-0 victory. In the most competitive match of the day, Madison Conwell (West Columbia, S.C.) was able to come from behind to win the No. 3 singles match in a third-set super-tiebreaker by a final score of 3-6 6-0 [10-3], securing the clean sweep overall.
The Wolves return to action on Tuesday, March 22 when they travel to take on the Wingate Bulldogs in a top-25 matchup with the first serve scheduled for 2 p.m.