BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Birmingham-Southern women's tennis team collected their first SAA win of 2024 with a dominant performance against Hendrix.

No. 3 duo Anna Cate Weeks/Anna Marie Bentley got the first point of the day for 'Southern with a comfortable 8-2 win in doubles. Hendrix then won the No. 2 doubles match to even the team scores until No. 1 Phoebe Shapard and Blakely Valdez went down to the wire and came out on top with an 8-7 win to clinch the doubles series for the Panthers.

After tight doubles matches, BSC was in full control in singles. All six Panthers won their matches with No. 3 Abbie Bateh and No. 6 Anna Marie Bentley both closing out wins with 6-0 wins in set two. The No. 1 match was close the whole way, but Blakely Valdez came out on top for her fifth singles win of the season. No. 2 Phoebe Shapard and No. 5 Anna Cate Weeks both went to tiebreaker sets, but 10-5 and 10-7 wins respectively gave the Panthers the edge and led to the singles sweep.
 
Final: Birmingham-Southern 8, Hendrix 1

Singles competition
1. Blakely Valdez (BSC) def. Avery Stephens (HDX) 7-5, 6-4
2. Phoebe Shapard (BSC) def. Emma Self (HDX) 6-4, 3-6, 10-5
3. Abbie Bateh (BSC) def. Taylor Harbin (HDX) 7-5, 6-0
4. Anna Beth Giles (BSC) def. Josie Leffingwell (HDX) 6-3, 6-1
5. Anna Cate Weeks (BSC) def. Ayden Huckelbury (HDX) 6-2, 4-6, 10-7
6. Anna Marie Bentley (BSC) def. Kate Adcox (HDX) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Phoebe Shapard/Blakely Valdez (BSC) def. Emma Self/Josie Leffingwell (HDX) 8-7
2. Taylor Harbin/Avery Stephens (HDX) def. Anna Beth Giles/Meg Griffin (BSC) 8-6
3. Anna Cate Weeks/Anna Marie Bentley (BSC) def. Ayden Huckelbury/Kate Adcox (HDX) 8-2

Records
Birmingham-Southern 5-7 (1-3 SAA), Hendrix 6-8 (1-3 SAA)

Up next
The Panthers will be back home tomorrow, April 14 to take on Rhodes at 10:00 a.m.