The Piedmont women’s tennis team closed out a successful fall season this past weekend at the ITA Regionals in Sewanee, Tennessee.
Overall, 20 different Lions competed across two days of play, with 27 singles victories and six more in doubles play.
Freshman Daisha Thompson highlighted singles action, going 3-0 to win the gold singles draw title, with wins over opponents from Birmingham-Southern and Centre. In the final of the draw on Saturday, Thompson was able to battle back from losing the first set and eventually took a third-set match tiebreaker, 10-5, to complete the weekend undefeated in singles.
Senior standout Abbey Grace Venham won her first match in the main singles draw before falling in the second round.
After dropping her first match in the main singles draw, junior Alyssa McSpadden did not lose again, on her way to winning the main draw consolation bracket, where she defeated teammate Jordan Ballard, who went 2-2 in singles for the weekend.
Junior Hollan Rabensdorf also had a successful tournament, winning two straight matches after dropping her first.
Freshman Olivia Carpenter also had a standout weekend, combining for five wins across singles and doubles competition. The Gainesville, Georgia native won three singles matches and then partnered with sophomore Sarah Row to lead the squad with two doubles wins.
With the fall season in the books, the Lions will now set their sights on the spring season and a quest to win a third consecutive conference tournament championship.
