Central, S.C. – Southern Wesleyan defeated the University of Mount Olive in their first Conference Carolinas match of the season in a final score of 5-4.

Game Vitals

Final: Southern Wesleyan 5, Mount Olive 4

Record: Southern Wesleyan (3-4 / CC 1-0), Mount Olive (1-2 / CC 0-)

Coach Jernigan Says…

"What a great night for the SWU women's tennis team. From the beginning, we came out playing our style and stuck with it until the end. This was just a great college match. We would be up and then UMO would tie it. Then we would go up and they would tie it again. In that last match, with our senior and team captain Aimee Dorley on the court, I knew she was going to pull it out. We took a big step tonight in the right direction. We will celebrate tonight and get right back to work tomorrow morning. Want to thank a great crowd for coming out today. The fans are so important in what we do and we live to see them herring on the players."

How It Happened

Southern Wesleyan took two out of three in doubles action against the Mount Olive Trojans on Friday afternoon.  Aimee Dorley and Elizabeth Mulkey finished doubles action first, going 8-3 against La Chappelle and Emma Burroughs.  Warriors' Jennifer Ball and Chyna Jones followed them, finishing with an 8-4 win over the Trojans. 

The Warriors and the Trojans split singles action, each taking three.  Alexia Rodriguez, Aimee Dorley and Elizabeth Mulkey each come out on top on their matches.  Rodriguez battled a tough match against Mount Olive's Stella Di Michele, taking both matches with final scores of 7-5 and 6-4.  Elizabeth Mulkey won the next match for the Warriors, taking both her sets 6-2.  Aimee Dorley and Mount Oliver's Nicole La Chappelle fought a tough match.  La Chappelle took the first set 2-6, but Dorley battled back to take the second set 6-3 to force a third and final set.  Dorley dominated in the last set to win 6-0, finishing the last match of the day for the Warriors.

What's Next

The Warriors will next play the Barton Bulldogs on Saturday, February 25.  They will remain at home in March for their next three matches against North Greenville, Converse and Limestone.