Huntingdon advanced to the finals with a 5-1 victory over Spelman in Saturday's first match. The Jaguars surprised the GSAC regular season champs by claiming the #1 doubles point behind the play of sister combo Christina and Amanda McIntosh. However, the Hawks dominated singles play with Kristi McDaniel clinching the victory with a two-set win at #3 singles.
Agnes Scott rolled past Maryville 5-0, winning all three doubles points before Danielle Patton and Natalie Mayer cruised to wins at #6 and #4 singles, respectively.
In their only match of the season, the Lady Hawks rallied from an early deficit to capture a 5-4 victory over the Scotties in Montgomery, Ala. Agnes Scott won two of the three available doubles points at the start of the match, but Huntingdon's top four singles players battled their way back to help pick up the team victory.
The feature match of the championship will be between the top-ranked singles players, Esther Kaplan of Agnes Scott and Riley Prescott of Huntingdon, both of whom were named to the All-Conference team for #1 Singles. In the match played back on March 20, Prescott pulled out a hard fought victory over Kaplan in three sets, winning 6-0, 1-6, 6-2. However, in the #1 Doubles match up, Kaplan and her partner Natalie Mayer cruised to a relatively ease win over Prescott and Kayla Heetland, winning 8-3.
All-Conference honors were also awarded today in a ceremony held between the women's and men's matches. The Great South Athletic Conference awards went to the following individuals:
Player of the Year: Morgan Douglas, Maryville College
Freshman of the Year: Madison Jackson, Huntingdon College
Coach of the Year: Glen Hill, Agnes Scott College
All-Conference:
#1 Singles
Morgan Douglas, Maryville College
Riley Prescott, Huntingdon College
Esther Kaplan, Agnes Scott
#2 Singles
Madison Jackson, Huntingdon College
Lindsey Burdette, Agnes Scott College
Becky Johnson, LaGrange College
#3 Singles
Kristin McDaniel, Huntingdon College
Tara Brinkman, Agnes Scott College
#4 Singles
Christian Vick, Huntingdon College
Natalie Mayer, Agnes Scott College
#5 Singles
Shamonique Jones, Agnes Scott College
#6 Singles
Danielle Patton, Agnes Scott College
All-Freshman:
Natalie Mayer, Agnes Scott College
Danielle Patton, Agnes Scott College
Madison Jackson, Huntingdon College
Christian Vick, Huntingdon College
Kayla Heetland, Huntingdon College
Jaclyn Crossman, Huntingdon College
Due to the extreme heat, the start time of tomorrow's championship match has been moved up to 11:00am. The women's match will be followed immediately by the men's championship match that will take place between the top-seeded Scots of Maryville College and second-ranked Huntingdon College.
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