ROME, Ga.—The Oglethorpe men's and women's tennis teams went to Rome, Georgia, for a battle against the teams of Millsaps College. The Men's team had a great day and won 5-0 for their fourth straight win while the women had a harder time and lost it 4-0.

The match, originally scheduled to be played at Downing Howell Tennis Courts, was moved to Rome Tennis Center due to inclement weather.

Kellen Simmons and Figge Pernfors at No. 2 and Callum Searle and Zack Raymond at No. 3 doubles clinched the doubles point for the Stormy Petrels. Simmons/Pernfors won 6-3 while Searle/Raymond won 6-1.

In the singles, they had similar success starting with Simmons. After going to a third set, he pulled out a win 1-6, 6-0, 10-8. Following suit, both Sam Wasko and Jefferson Page also went to a third set and both won, Wasko 6-3, 4-6, 11-9 and Jefferson Page 6-4, 4-6, 10-0. Noah George had a great singles match and got the clinching point winning 6-0, 6-0.

For the women, Maddie Nolen and Taylor Glover fought hard but lost 6-1. Grace Elsevier and Karina Lopez also had a tough set and despite their best efforts they lost 6-2 before Millsaps clinched the win with a trio of singles victories at the top of the lineup.

Up Next

Both teams travel to Arkansas on April 5 to play Hendrix. Doubles will start at 11 a.m.