Central, S.C. – Southern Wesleyan won their second Conference Carolinas match of the season against the Barton College Bulldogs in a final score of 5-4.

Game Vitals

Final: Southern Wesleyan 5, Barton 4

Record: Southern Wesleyan (4-4 / CC 2-0), Barton (3-4 / CC 0-2)

Coach Jernigan Says…

"Great day for the women's team today, winning 5-4 over Barton College. Tough hard fought match in some challenging wind conditions, but the girls stayed with their game plans and executed them nicely. Overall going 2-0 against two very strong teams this weekend is something we talked about and thought we could do. So happy for our freshman, Alexia Rodriguez, for clinching in a third set tie breaker. She fought off 5 match points to win. What a warrior!"

How It Happened

The Warriors took two of three of the doubles action to start off the afternoon against the Barton Bulldogs.  Aimee Dorley and Kristi Cooper won the first match 8-4 in doubles on Saturday afternoon.  The Bulldogs countered, taking the next match 8-7(3) against Alexia Rodriguez and Cathy Wintrich.  Southern Wesleyan rallied back to take the third and final match of doubles when Jennifer Ball and Chyna Jones won 8-7(5).

Barton and Southern Wesleyan split on Saturday.  The Warriors took the first singles match when Kristi Cooper won her match 6-4 and 7-6(3).  Cooper was followed by two Bulldog wins.  However, Aimee Dorley took the fourth singles match 6-2 and 6-2.  In a clinch match, Alexia Rodriguez won the final match for the Warriors.  Rodriguez fell in 6-7(3) in the first set, but she countered back in the second set 6-4 to force a third set to decide the match.  Fighting hard, Rodriguez won the set 7-6(1).

What's Next

The Warriors will return home on March 11 to take on the North Greenville University.  Southern Wesleyan will remain at home on March 18 and March 20 to take on Converse and Limestone.