Box Score
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The Randolph-Macon women's tennis saw wins in #1 singles by Camilla Thurman (Knoxville, Tenn./Knoxville Catholic) and the third doubles team to highlight the Yellow Jackets. The Lemon and Black would clinch the #8 seed in the upcoming conference tournament, starting with the quarterfinal matchup with Washington and Lee.  

The Basics

Score: Virginia Wesleyan 6, Randolph-Macon 1
Venue: Virginia Wesleyan, Va. // Virginia Wesleyan University // Everett Tennis Center 
Records: Randolph-Macon (9-6, 4-6 ODAC); Virginia Wesleyan (9-8, 7-3 ODAC)

Doubles:

In third doubles, Elizabeth Key (Moseley, Va./Cosby) and Brielle Baughman (East Berlin, Pa./Delone Catholic) took home the victory to give the Lemon and Black a win in doubles play. The Yellow Jackets second doubles team of Meckenzie Letellier (Alexandria, Va./Bishop Ireton) and Emma Turner (Chesapeake, Va./Hickory) took their opponents to extra points, but ultimately fell 7-6. Virginia Wesleyan would win two out of three doubles matches to take an overall match team lead of 1-0.     

(VWU) Flink and Hafermann def. (RMC) Camilla Thurman (Knoxville, Tenn./Knoxville Catholic) and Catherine Mowry (Lynchburg, Va./Liberty Christian Academy), 6-4
(VWU) Vliegen and Thomas def. (RMC) Turner and Letellier, 7-6
(RMC) Key and Baughman def. (VWU) Reich and McGhee, 6-2

Singles:

In singles, the Yellow Jackets got a win in #1 singles by Thurman to grab a point for the team score. The junior defeated her opponent in thrilling fashion, using a clutch first set win with a 7-5 scoreline. Mowry and Baughman both sent their matches to a third and deciding third set in #2 and #5. In those matches the Marlins would hold on to take wins over the Yellow Jackets.  
Virginia Wesleyan would defeat the Lemon and Black by winning 5-out-6 singles matches to win overall 6-1. 

(RMC) Thurman def. (VWU) Flink: 7-5, 6-4
(VWU) Vliegen def. (RMC) Mowry: 3-6, 6-1, 1-0
(VWU) Hackner def. (RMC) Letellier: 6-3, 6-0
(VWU) Reich def. (RMC) Turner: 6-1, 6-2
(VWU) Thomas def. (RMC) Baughman: 0-6, 6-1, 6-2
(VWU) Haydon def. (RMC) Layla Gaines (Warsaw, Va./Rappahannock): 6-2, 6-1 

Up Next

Randolph-Macon women's tennis will be back in action on the road in the ODAC Quarterfinals with a matchup with top-seeded Washington and Lee on Tuesday, April 29 with the time TBD.