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wten senior day web 4-18-21
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Winner Centre CENTRE-W (8-5, 5-1 SAA)
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Rhodes College RHODES (5-5, 3-3 SAA)
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Centre CENTRE-W
(8-5, 5-1 SAA)
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Final
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Rhodes College RHODES
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Centre CENTRE-W (8-5)
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Winner Rhodes College RHODES (5-5)
Centre CENTRE-W
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Rhodes College RHODES
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Senior Day Win Splits Women's Tennis' Weekend Against Centre

MEMPHIS- The Lynx go 1-1 on the weekend falling 8-1 in game one before bouncing back in game two with a 7-2 win.

GAME 1
Senior Dasha Safarian procured Rhodes' sole point of the day besting Centre's Hill 6-1, 6-2 at No.1 singles.

GAME 2
Prior to Sunday's victory, Rhodes honored senior Dasha Safarian as well as junior Finn Mullen who will be graduating next December. 

Tallying Rhodes' only doubles win of the day, teammates Safarian and Julia Darkey recorded an 8-6 win over Centre in No.1 spot. The Lynx bounced back from their 2-1 deficit sweeping the Colonels in singles play. On court one, Safarian routed Centre in consecutive 6-1 wins. Adjacent on court two, sophomore Lea Letourneau defeated Centre's Lancaster 6-2, 6-1. After winning the first set and falling 6-3 in the second, sophomore Emily Holderness held steadfast for the win beating Centre's Trinh 10-3 in the third set tiebreaker. Junior Kate McGough secured 6-4, 6-1 wins at No.4 singles. Like teammate Holderness, Dallas Bennett also had a rally for the books winning the first set 6-3 before falling in the second. The junior came back to secure a 10-7 victory for her final win. Finn Mullen rounded out Rhodes' score with a 6-1 and 6-3 win at No.6 singles.

UP NEXT
The Lynx are back on the court Saturday, April 24th in Murfreesboro, Tenn. competing in the 2021 SAA Tournament. Rhodes went 3-3 in conference play and are seeded fourth. They will take on No. 1 seeded Millsaps to open the tournament.
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