MOUNT OLIVE, N.C.- The Converse Tennis team dropped a Conference Carolinas match to Mount Olive on Friday afternoon, 7-2. Converse falls to 4-8 on the season and 0-4 in league play.  Mount Olive improves to 4-5 and 3-1 on the season.

Taylor Littlejohn-Barr (York, S.C.) picked up the singles win in the fourth slot winning the first set 7-5.  Littlejohn-Barr dropped the second set but picked up the win in the tiebreaker, 10-7 for the win.

Littlejohn-Barr and Klaire Rouse (Gilbert, Ariz.) won at the third doubles 8-2 for the lone win in doubles action.

Margaret Pridmore (Wodonga, Austraila) fought at the third singles but fell 6-3, 7-5.

The Valkyries finish the road trip with Conference Carolinas foe Barton on Saturday, March 19 with first serve at 9am to try and beat the inclement weather.

Mount Olive 7, Converse 2

Doubles:

1. Stella DiMichelle/Alejandra Hernandez (UMO) def. Margaret Pridmore/Kaitlin Knight 8-0

2. Paulina Delgado/Jennifer Byrd (UMO) def. Alex Schlesner/Samantha Sheffield 8-2

3. Taylor Littlejohn-Barr/Klaire Rouse def. Mariana Gamboa/Nicole La Chappelle (UMO) 8-2

Singles:

1. DiMichelle (UMO) def. Alex Schlesener 6-3, 6-2

2. Hernandez (UMO) def. Kaitlin Knight 6-3, 6-1

3. Delgado (UMO) def. Margaret Pridmore 6-3, 7-5

4. Taylor Littlejohn-Barr def. Mulan Bartz (UMO) 7-5, 1-6, 10-7

5. Gamboa (UMO) def. Klaire Rouse 6-4, 6-3

6. La Chappelle (UMO) def. Caroline Bertling 6-0, 6-0