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Spirits, Wildcats Collide in Tennis on Friday

Spirits, Wildcats Collide in Tennis on Friday
Posted: Mar 17, 2022

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – After a 19-day layoff, which included a pair of cancellations against intercity foe Winston-Salem State, the Salem tennis team returns to action on Friday afternoon to face Johnson & Wales in Charlotte, N.C.

The afternoon match, which is taking place at Park Road Park, marks the first-ever meeting between the two schools.

The Spirits are looking to even their team mark on the season to 1-1 with a victory in Charlotte.

WILDCATS IN 2022: Johnson & Wales enters its first March match with an 0-5 mark in 2022. The Wildcats opened the season with a 7-0 setback to Benedict before suffering an 8-1 loss at the hands of Brevard four days later on February 13th.

USA South Conference member Piedmont then made the trek to Charlotte, handing Johnson & Wales a 9-0 loss on February 16th.

Johnson & Wales last took the courts against Randolph and Meredith, on February 19th and 20th, respectively. Randolph emerged with a 7-1 win, while the Avenging Angels posted a 9-0 victory.

RECAPPING SPRING OPENER VERSUS HOLLINS: Alyson Gammons and Alyssa Cosentino were responsible for a pair of singles wins, but it was Hollins that earned the team victory (7-2) when the two teams collided in Winston-Salem, N.C., at the Bert Lain Tennis Center on Saturday, February 26th.

Hollins earned a default in the first doubles clash with Emily Jones and Amanda Dobert earning the victory. The No. 1 pair of Krishna Agrawal and Amelia Shaw extended the Hollins lead to 2-0 with an 8-0 decision over Haley Gilley and McKinley Rice. Anna Vreelin and Hannah Miller followed with an 8-1 triumph versus the Salem tandem of Cosentino and Zakeria Pomeroy, resulting in the Hollins sweep.

Agrawal claimed her second point of the afternoon with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Gilley when the two met in No. 1 singles. Shaw was also successful in picking up a second point, defeating Rice in three sets (4-6, 6-2, 10-5) in No. 2 singles.

Cosentino came through with the first point of the match for the Spirits, working past Miller in three sets by scores of 6-1, 2-6, 10-6 in a meeting of No. 3 seeds. Vreelin answered with a pair of 6-1, 6-1 wins over Pomeroy.

Gammons, making her collegiate tennis debut, battled to a three-set victory over Emily Jones in No. 5 singles. Gammons rebounded from an opening set, 6-4 loss, to earn the win by scores of 6-0, 10-5.