LEXINGTON, Ky. - No. 7 Indiana Wesleyan women's tennis defeated No. 6 SCAD Savannah in narrow victory 4-3. IWU extends their undefeated season 24-0 while being named the NAIA National Indoor Invitational champions.
 

MATCH VITALS

 

• Score: No. 4 Indiana Wesleyan def. No. 6 SCAD Savannah, 4-3
• Records: Indiana Wesleyan 24-0 | SCAD Savannah 2-1
• Location: Top Seed Tennis Club - Lexington, Ky
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DOUBLES

 

• No. 1: Maddie Bemisderfer/Lena Golz def. Yu/Sukkanna 6-2
• No. 2: Piccoliori/Lompart def. Thais Mendez/Melanie Dveksler 7-6 TB 4
• No. 3: Bostford/Tilk def. Aynara Ferraz/Emily Connolly 7-6 TB 9

SINGLES

 

• No. 1: Maddie Bemisderfer def. Sukkanna 7-5, 7-5
• No. 2: Yu def. Lena Golz 6-3, 6-3
• No. 3: Piccoliori/Ashlee Fisk 6-3, 6-4
• No. 4: Thais Mendez def. Lompart 5-7, 7-5, 6-1
• No. 5: Aynara Ferraz def. Katzarkov 7-6 TB 6, 6-4
• No. 6: Melanie Dveksler def. Outford 6-2, 6-1

 

SHIGLEY PERSPECTIVE

• "This was a battle of No. 4 vs. No. 6. Both teams had big wins yesterday as IWU beat No. 10 Montreat and SCAD defeated No. 5 Union! This is one of the most incredible comebacks that I have witnessed in college tennis. We lost two tiebreakers in doubles to go down 0-1. Melanie Dveksler wins easily to tie the score 1-1, then SCAD wins the next two matches to go up 3-1. Maddie Bemisderfer and Aynara Ferraz finish at about the same time to make it 3-3. This brought the match all down to Thais Mendez at No. 4 singles. She lost the first set and was down 4-5 and 5-6 in the second, but somehow managed to bet it to a tiebreaker; which she won 7-4. In the third set, the IWU Graduate student, Mendez played one of the most brilliant sets I have seen to take the third set 6-1 and win the match for IWU 4-3. Tati was able to clinch the match on her birthday, what a great birthday present!"

 

NEXT TIME OUT

 

• Wildcats will take the courts again in Grand Rapids, Michigan facing two NCAA D2 opponents in Grand Valley State University and Davenport University on February 11.