NEWBERRY, S.C. - The No. 19 Newberry College women's tennis team (19-3, 6-3 SAC) came away with a big South Atlantic Conference victory over the No. 27 Carson-Newman Eagles by a score of 4-3.

The Eagles were able to strike first by taking the No. 2 doubles match, but Zulay Castaneda (Panama City, Panama) and Nastassia Chamoun (Rouen, France) were able to earn a 6-3 win at the No. 1 doubles position. With the doubles point on the line, Amy Griffiths (Liverpool, England) and Lucy Spice (Maidstone, U.K.) went blow for blow with their opponents in the No. 3 doubles match to a 5-5 stalemate. However, the Eagles were able to take the next two games to secure the doubles point and the early 1-0 lead. 

Griffiths would tie up the match with a 6-4 6-4 win at the No. 3 singles position, but the Eagles were able to defeat Rosie Harfield (Lee-on-Solent, England) in three sets to retake the lead. Chamoun would then use a pair of dominant sets to come back from a set down to knock off the No. 36 ranked player in the country with an impressive 5-7 6-0 6-0 showing in the No. 1 singles match. Castaneda would then prove why she is the No. 16 ranked singles player in the nation by giving the Wolves the lead with a 6-4 7-6 victory at the No. 2 singles position. Ish Singh was able to clinch the win for Newberry after coming back from dropping her first set and forcing a third set by winning a clutch tiebreaker to take the No. 4 singles match by a final score of 4-6 7-6 6-3. 

The Wolves return to action on Saturday, April 9 when they travel to take on the Catawba Indians with the first serve scheduled for 11 a.m.