Salem-Southern Virginia Boxscore

BUENA VISTA, Va. – The Salem tennis team competed against both Southern Virginia and the wind in its second league match of the season, where the Knights claimed a 9-0 victory in Buena Vista, Va., on Wednesday afternoon.

The Knights (3-2, 1-1 USA South) grabbed all three points in doubles action, opening with an 8-3 victory by Campbell Bueler and Alyssa Sewell in No. 2 action against Salem's (0-4, 0-2 USA South) Alyssa Cosentino and Alyson Gammons. Moriah Elton and Grace Howell picked up the second doubles win of the day in No. 3 play, defeating the tandem of Gina Franco and Ashley Linden by an 8-1 margin in their first-ever collegiate tennis match.

The Knights' No. 1 pairing of Paula Snelson and Jillian Arnold took down Salem's Haley Gilley and McKinley Rice by an 8-3 margin to complete doubles action.

Snelson collected her second victory of the afternoon in the No. 1 singles clash against Gilley with a 6-0, 6-0 triumph that delivered the Trojans their fourth point of the match. Jillian Arnold grabbed the decisive team win for Southern Virginia with a 6-0, 6-0 victory against Cosentino.

Annalise Schetsselaar stretched the Knights lead to 6-0 following a 6-1, 6-1 victory against McKinley Rice in No. 2 singles. Her teammate Hailey Seamons contributed a 6-2, 6-0 win in No. 5 singles against Franco, moving Southern Virginia's lead to 7-0.

Madeline Fisher collected a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Gammons in No. 4 singles before Bueler added a 6-1, 6-0 win against Linden in her first-ever singles match.

The Spirits will next host Methodist on April 2nd at 2 p.m. at the Bert Lain Tennis Center on the Salem College campus.