Pfeiffer Women's Tennis Dispatches Salem, 9-0

Misenheimer, N.C. (April 8, 2022) – The Pfeiffer University women's tennis team took down visiting Salem College by a 9-0 score at the Knapp Tennis Center on Friday afternoon.

RECORDS
Salem – 0-6, 0-4 USA South
Pfeiffer – 8-5, 4-1 USA South

THE BASICS
The Falcons swept doubles play with two coming by 8-0 scores.  Sydney Gray and Elithe Hudson won their match at No. 2 and Darby Sherrill and Delaney Geygan took their match at No. 3 without losing a single game.

At No. 1, Pfeiffer was also victorious, with Megan Rekieta and Alison Sloop teaming for the 8-2 win.

In singles play, Sherrill clinched the match with an easy 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 3 over Salem's Alyssa Consentino.  Freshman Brittany Mills won her match at no. 4 over Alyson Gammons in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0, as did Sloop at No. 5 and Geygan at No. 6.

Gray won her No. 2 singles match, also in straight sets, with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph over McKinly Rice.

Rekieta took the No. 1 match by a 1-0 score following the retirement of Salem's Haley Gilley.

BACK ON COURT
The Falcons will take to the road for a USA South match against Averett.  First serve from Danville, Va. is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.