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Falcons Surge Past Salem in Tennis Clash

Falcons Surge Past Salem in Tennis Clash

Score:
Pfeiffer 9, Salem 0

Up Next:
Salem at Randolph | April 4 | Lynchburg, Va. | 2 p.m.

Records:
Salem (4-6, 1-2 USA South) / Pfeiffer (10-3, 2-3 USA South)

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Pfeiffer tennis team took advantage of Salem competing in its second match in a four-day stretch, earning a 9-0 victory at the Bert Lain Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon.

The Falcons, who picked up their seventh win in the head-to-head series, claimed the first point of the match in No. 1 doubles as Caimbree Gann and Megan Rekieta downed Mariana Faint and Adley Keim by an 8-1 margin. Pfeiffer followed that with an 8-2 win by Alison Sloop and Riley Isley, who defeated Alana Bridges and Emily Griffis.

The third point went the way of the Falcons in No. 3 doubles after Haley Ingenito and Kristen Colle posted an 8-4 win against Abrielle Eckenroth and Cadence Durham. That lead moved to 4-0 for Pfeiffer when Colle claimed a 6-0, 6-0 victory against Jessea James in No. 6 singles.

Sloop picked up her second point of the day, fifth for the Falcons, in a 6-0, 6-0 victory against Eckenroth. The No. 2 pairing of Rekieta and Faint proved to be the decisive team point for the Falcons, with a 6-2, 6-0 victory. Pfeiffer moved that margin to 7-0 after Ingenito took down Durham, 6-0, 6-1.

Fourth-seeded Isley provided the eighth point of the clash for Pfeiffer as she defeated Bridges by scores of 6-3, 6-2. The final point went to No. 1 seeded Gann, who held off Keim as the Falcons held Salem scoreless in the team battle for the third time in the all-time series.

Singles competition
1. Caimbree Gann (PFU-W) def. Adley Keim (SAL) 6-3, 6-4
2. Megan Rekieta (PFU-W) def. Mariana Faint (SAL) 6-2, 6-0
3. Haley Ingenito (PFU-W) def. Cadence Durham (SAL) 6-0, 6-1
4. Riley Isley (PFU-W) def. Alana Bridges (SAL) 6-3, 6-2
5. Alison Sloop (PFU-W) def. Abrielle Eckenroth (SAL) 6-0, 6-0
6. Kristen Colle (PFU-W) def. Jessea James (SAL) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Caimbree Gann/Megan Rekieta (PFU-W) def. Mariana Faint/Adley Keim (SAL) 8-1
2. Alison Sloop/Riley Isley (PFU-W) def. Alana Bridges/Emily Griffis (SAL) 8-2
3. Haley Ingenito/Kristen Colle (PFU-W) def. Abrielle Eckenroth/Cadence Durham (SAL) 8-4

Order of finish:
Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (6,5,2,3,4,1)