Box Score MARS HILL, N.C. – With a trio of singles wins and sweep of doubles competition, the Converse University women's tennis team (1-2) defeated the Mars Hill Lions (0-3) by a final score of 4-3 Wednesday afternoon.

Sophomore Khushi Kharb and senior Natalie White kicked off the day with a 6-0 sweep at No. 2 doubles. Graduate student Tonya Glogowski-Watson and sophomore Sofia Giraldo-Jimenez followed that up at No. 1 doubles with a speedy 6-2 victory, securing the doubles point for the Valkyries. Without skipping a beat, sophomores Lais Martins and Anna Trace completed the Valkyries' sweep with a 6-4 victory at No. 3 doubles.

Kharb continued her sweep of the Lions with a 6-0 win in consecutive sets at No. 2 singles to give the Valkyries their first point of singles competition. Giraldo-Jimenez followed Kharb up with a 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 4 singles to put the Valkyries one win away from taking the match.

That win came after Mars Hill won courts one, three, and six to tie the match 3-3. Martins took the decisive match easily, winning 6-2 in consecutive sets, giving Converse their first win of the spring season.

Converse returns to the court on Friday, February 9 as they head down the street to take on the Division I Wofford Terriers at 4 P.M.

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