SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Snigdha Musugunthan defeated Sophia Palaez in straight sets (6-4, 6-1) in the No. 2 singles match to help the Converse College (1-0) tennis team open the 2019-20 season with a dominating win over Mars Hill University (0-1) on Tuesday afternoon.
The Valkyries took all three doubles matches to earn the first point of the day, before all but one singles flights took care of business for the convincing 6-1 win.
Singles competition
1. Steffi Kong (CONV) def. Ines Rodriguez (MHUW) 6-3, 7-6, 7-5
2. Snigdha Musugunthan (CONV) def. Sophia Pelaez (MHUW) 6-4, 6-1
3. Haley Steinkamp (MHUW) def. Taylor Parrott (CONV) 6-4, 1-6, 11-9
4. Maria Belen Vendrell (CONV) def. Victoria Franklin (MHUW) 6-1, 6-1
5. Tonya Glogowski-Watson (CONV) def. Kat Horner (MHUW) 6-1, 6-0
6. Valentina Aparicio (CONV) def. Carli Stiles (MHUW) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Taylor Parrott/Tonya Glogowski-Watson (CONV) def. Ines Rodriguez/Haley Steinkamp (MHUW) 6-2
2. Snigdha Musugunthan/Maria Belen Vendrell (CONV) def. Sophia Pelaez/Victoria Franklin (MHUW) 6-4
3. Steffi Kong/Martha Quattlebaum (CONV) def. Kat Horner/Cassidy Wilson (MHUW) 6-3
Converse will be back in action on Tuesday, October 1, hosting the Wolves of Newberry College. First serve is scheduled for 3 p.m.
Match Notes:
Final Score: Converse 6, Mars Hill 1
Mars Hill 0-1
Converse 1-0
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (4,5,2,6,3,1)
