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Owls’ tennis women net win at LaGrange; men lose to Panthers

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 LaGRANGE, Ga. – Mississippi University for Women tennis earned split results in its matches at LaGrange College. The Owls' women's squad took a commanding 8-1 victory, while the men dropped a 9-0 decision.
 
The W women were very close to imposing a 9-0 blanking on the Panthers, losing only a hotly-contested match at No. 1 doubles, 9-7.  MUW went on to take both Nos. 2 and 3 doubles. At No. 2, the tandem of Audrey Foreman and Kelis Griffin won by an 8-6 count, with Mallory Parker and Macie Manasco dominating at No. 3 pairs, 8-1.
 
MUW swept five of the six singles bouts in straight sets. At No. 1 singles, Karen Calzadilla earned a 6-0, 6-1 win. At second singles, the Owls' Sarah Kackley split the first two sets, winning 6-4 and losing 3-6, before taking the deciding proset in the third, 10-6.
 
Freshman phenom Maggie Etheridge, playing No. 3 singles, extended her personal singles win streak to eight matches. Etheridge took a 6-1, 6-0 victory.
 
At the Nos. 4-6 slots, Manasco (6-4, 6-0), Parker (6-2, 6-1), and Griffin (6-3, 6-3, all win in straight sets, respectively.
 
The W men had a tough assignment versus thr Panther men. LaGrange got off to a 3-0 start by sweeping doubles. LC swept the Nos. 1-4 singles bouts by identical 6-0, 6-0 scores, before dropping No. 5 singles, 6-2, 6-1.
 
At sixth singles, freshman Braxton Brown lost set one, 6-0, but battled back in the second set to win, 6-4. Brown would compete strong, but fell in the third set, 10-6.
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Karen Calzadilla

Karen Calzadilla

4' 11"
Sophomore
Right
Sarah Kackley

Sarah Kackley

5' 7"
Sophomore
Right
Mallory Parker

Mallory Parker

5' 6"
Sophomore
Right
Audrey Foreman

Audrey Foreman

5' 7"
Freshman
Right
Kelis Griffin

Kelis Griffin

5' 3"
Freshman
Left
Macie Manasco

Macie Manasco

5' 6"
Freshman
Right
Maggie Etheridge

Maggie Etheridge

Freshman
Braxton Brown

Braxton Brown

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Karen Calzadilla

Karen Calzadilla

4' 11"
Sophomore
Right
Sarah Kackley

Sarah Kackley

5' 7"
Sophomore
Right
Mallory Parker

Mallory Parker

5' 6"
Sophomore
Right
Audrey Foreman

Audrey Foreman

5' 7"
Freshman
Right
Kelis Griffin

Kelis Griffin

5' 3"
Freshman
Left
Macie Manasco

Macie Manasco

5' 6"
Freshman
Right
Maggie Etheridge

Maggie Etheridge

Freshman
Braxton Brown

Braxton Brown

Freshman