SAINT AUGUSTINE, Fla. - The No. 18 ranked and No. 6 seeded Newberry College women's tennis team (24-5, 10-4 SAC) fell to the No. 11 ranked and No. 2 seeded host team, Flagler Saints, by a score of 4-0 in the Southeast Region Bracket No. 2 Final on Saturday despite a strong effort all around. 

The Saints would strike first by taking the No. 2 doubles position, and they were able to secure the doubles point as Zulay Castaneda (Panama City, Panama) and Nastassia Chamoun (Rouen, France) fell to the No. 8 ranked doubles team in the country despite a hard-fought battle. However, Lucy Spice (Maidstone, U.K.) and Rosie Harfield (Lee-on-Solent, England) were able to find success at the No. 3 doubles position, and they were leading 4-2 prior to the match being ruled unfinished due to the doubles point being clinched.

In singles play, the Saints would use victories at No. 4 and No. 5 singles to put themselves one win away from securing the match. Then, the Saints were able to clinch the match as Castaneda fell to the No. 5 ranked player in the country in Flagler's Luisa Hrda, despite battling to make it a tough 5-7 2-6 match.

Despite the match being clinched, Chamoun and Ish Singh (Gurugram, India) were able to produce competitive first sets prior to their matches being ruled unfinished. However, it was Rebecca Gibbons (Rock Hill, S.C.) who was arguably having the most success as she was able to rebound after struggling against her opponent from Friday to win her first set by a strong score of 6-2.

Bespite facing adversity, the Wolves have shown that they belong at the Regional Tournament, and they will look to carry the momentum into next season.