The Oglethorpe Lady Netters picked up their first SCAC victory of the season on Friday morning by topping Austin College in Memphis, Tennessee, 5-4. Later in the day, the Petrels were blanked 9-0 by a stout Rhodes College squad on their home courts.

Critical to claiming their first conference win of the season were the two out of three doubles points which the women were able to record. The Petrels got wins from the numbers two and three positions with the duos of Molly Colvard-Jayme Danielson (8-5) and Kayla Atkins-LaDonna Barnes (8-6) each scoring big wins. The number one combo of Alison Burt-Mary Beth Britt (8-2) went down in defeat to their Kangaroo opponents.

In singles, Danielson (6-2, 7-5) completed a perfect day by clinching the match with a win at No. 1. At. No. 4 Burt (6-0, 6-1) was an easy winner as was Kimberly O'Dell (6-1, 6-0) at No. 6. Dropping their singles matches were Britt (4-6, 6-3, 10-2), Colvard (6-1, 6-4) and Duff (6-0, 7-6).

The tough Lynx squad proved to be too much for the Petrels later in the afternoon in earning the sweep. Rhodes handled the doubles matches easily, only allowing Oglethorpe to win a total of 5 games among the three matches. In singles, only Alison Burt was able to win a set at No. 4 and Kim O'Dell lost a nail-biter, 9-8 (7).

With the victory and loss, Oglethorpe moves their record to 6-14 on the season and will get set to face two more SCAC foes on Saturday in Memphis.