Warriors Come Back Against Golden Eagles

Senior Saranya Prathibha overcame a 5-0 deficit in the first set to give Hendrix the win

CONWAY, Ark. - The Hendrix College women's tennis team mounted a comeback to defeat John Brown University 5-4 at the Hendrix Indoor Tennis Center on Friday night.

In a match that took six and a half hours, the Warriors (2-1) were down 4-3 with number four and five singles left to play.

Junior Hannah Smashey need a tiebreaker to win 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6) over Kellie Mowrer in the fourth flight to tie up the match. Senior Saranya Prathibha overcame a 5-0 deficit in the first set to defeat Amanda Wilkinson 7-6, 6-1 at number five singles to give the Warriors the victory over the Golden Eagles (0-1).

Hendrix took two of the three doubles matches, with Prathibha and Smashey downing Courtney Pinter and Mowrer 8-6 at number two and the number one freshman tandem of Lauren Mahaney and Pratheepa Ravikumar defeating Jessie Alexander and Kaela Doyle 8-5.

Ravikumar also needed a tiebreaker to come back against Doyle 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-4) in number one singles.

Hendrix will return to the court on Tuesday when they take on Arkansas Tech at home at 5 p.m.

Hendrix 5, John Brown 4
Feb 14, 2014 at Conway, Ark.

Singles competition

1. Pratheepa Ravikumar (HC) def. Kaela Doyle (JBU) 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-4)

2. Jessie Alexander (JBU) def. Madison Schallhorn (HC) 6-0, 6-2

3. Courtney Pinter (JBU) def. Lauren Mahaney (HC) 6-1, 6-4

4. Hannah Smashey (HC) def. Kellie Mowrer (JBU) 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6)

5. Saranya Prathibha (HC) def. Amanda Wilkinson (JBU) 7-6, 6-1

6. Taylor Russell (JBU) def. Brenda Quintero (HC) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles competition

1. Lauren Mahaney/Pratheepa Ravikumar (HC) def. Jessie Alexander/Kaela Doyle (JBU) 8-5

2. Saranya Prathibha/Hannah Smashey (HC) def. Courtney Pinter/Kellie Mowrer (JBU) 8-6

3. Amanda Wilkinson/Taylor Russell (JBU) def. Madison Schallhorn/Kaci Dickey (HC) 8-3

Match Notes

John Brown 0-1

Hendrix 2-1

T-6:30 A-65

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