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Apsana Rai
Abby Wheeler
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Winner Agnes Scott ASC (1-2)
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Oglethorpe OGL (0-3)
Winner
Agnes Scott ASC
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Final
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Oglethorpe OGL
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Story by Abby Wheeler

Close 4-3 finish for women’s tennis

ATLANTA- The Oglethorpe women's tennis team nearly pulled off a victory against Agnes Scott College at home on Thursday, falling 4-3.

Match Highlights

  • Nicole Sanchez had a tremendous comeback. She trailed 5-2 in the opening set but rallied to win it in a tiebreak before running away with the second set, winning 7-6 (1), 6-0.
  • Sanchez's match tied the score 2-2. 
  • A back and forth first set for Apsana Rai ended with a 6-4 victory as she also rallied back from an early deficit. Her second set was a dominating one, ending 6-2.
  • Geianah Thomas fought from behind after falling in the first set, battling to a tiebreak in the second, but fell in the breaker 7-2.
  • Agnes Scott started the day by taking the doubles point. Taylor Glover and Luisa Gorgoll went back and forth in their doubles match but ultimately fell 6-4. Grace Elsevier and Rai also fell 6-3 in their matches despite climbing back from a 4-1 hole to get to 4-3.  

Up Next

The Petrels will travel to Orlando, Florida, to play a sequence of matches during spring break. They will return home on Thursday, March 19, to take on Covenant College at 4 p.m.

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