ATLANTA, Ga. — Savannah State women's tennis opened competition at the SIAC Fall Open on Wednesday at the South Fulton Tennis Center. The Lady Tigers had seven players competing in singles and three doubles teams taking the court.

Madeline Anne Nolan and Jaeda Cooper highlighted the opening day for the Lady Tigers, teaming for an 8–1 victory over the pairing of Benedict's Naomi Mohammed and Spring Hill's Johanna Huelsmann in an afternoon doubles match designated as an exhibition on the official results sheet.

Nolan and Cooper began the day with an 8–4 setback against Albany State's Monique Gundrum and Joanne Fernandes in Flight Q before returning to the court for their afternoon victory. The duo is scheduled to face Clark Atlanta's Syanne Tyson and Joiya Middlebrooks in the flight's fifth-place match Thursday at 9 a.m.

In Flight R doubles, Nyla Warner and Amaia Connor fell to Clark Atlanta's Mia Parker and Maasiai Sales, 8–3, before dropping an afternoon matchup against Benedict's Miniyah Wynn and Carmene Kpadonou by the same score.

Danielle Hood and Simone Reese competed in Flight T, falling 8–3 to Clark Atlanta's Teah Johnson and Keira Turnley in their opener. The Savannah State tandem later dropped an 8–4 decision to Edward Waters' Adassah Prevost and K'Sheria Briggins.

In singles competition, Hood battled Clark Atlanta's Jireh Givhan through a closely contested opening set before falling 7–5, 6–1 in Flight G. Cooper collected five games in her Flight C matchup against Clark Atlanta's Gabrielle Dooling, who earned a 6–3, 6–2 victory.

Nolan fell to Gundrum of Albany State, 6–0, 6–3, in Flight A, while Warner dropped a 6–3, 6–0 decision to Tuskegee's Asia McRae in Flight B.

Connor suffered a 6–0, 6–0 setback against Spring Hill's Lena Daxlberger in Flight D. Katelyn Welch fell to Clark Atlanta's Julian Williams, 6–0, 6–0, in Flight E, and Reese dropped a 6–2, 6–1 decision to Turnley in Flight F.

Savannah State Day 1 Results
Scores listed in winner's order.

Singles

• Flight A: Monique Gundrum (Albany State) def. Madeline Nolan (SSU), 6–0, 6–3.

• Flight B: Asia McRae (Tuskegee) def. Nyla Warner (SSU), 6–3, 6–0.

• Flight C: Gabrielle Dooling (Clark Atlanta) def. Jaeda Cooper (SSU), 6–3, 6–2.

• Flight D: Lena Daxlberger (Spring Hill) def. Amaia Connor (SSU), 6–0, 6–0.

• Flight E: Julian Williams (Clark Atlanta) def. Katelyn Welch (SSU), 6–0, 6–0.

• Flight F: Keira Turnley (Clark Atlanta) def. Simone Reese (SSU), 6–2, 6–1.

• Flight G: Jireh Givhan (Clark Atlanta) def. Danielle Hood (SSU), 7–5, 6–1.

Doubles

• Flight Q, opening round: Gundrum/Fernandes (Albany State) def. Nolan/Cooper (SSU), 8–4.

• Flight Q, afternoon match — exhibition: Nolan/Cooper (SSU) def. Mohammed (Benedict)/Huelsmann (Spring Hill), 8–1.

• Flight R, opening round: Parker/Sales (Clark Atlanta) def. Warner/Connor (SSU), 8–3.

• Flight R, consolation: Wynn/Kpadonou (Benedict) def. Warner/Connor (SSU), 8–3.

• Flight T, opening round: Johnson/Turnley (Clark Atlanta) def. Hood/Reese (SSU), 8–3.

• Flight T, consolation: Prevost/Briggins (Edward Waters) def. Hood/Reese (SSU), 8–4.

Savannah State continues tournament play on Thursday. In addition to Nolan and Cooper's doubles placement match, Nolan is scheduled to face Benedict's Carmen Kpadonou and Cooper will meet Benedict's Miniya Wynn in consolation singles matches at 11 a.m. Hood also faces Spring Hill's Joanna Huelsmann in an extra singles match at 11 a.m., while Welch takes on Albany State's Autumn Bryant at 2 p.m.

Warner received a bye in the Flight B consolation bracket and is scheduled to face Albany State's Brooklyn Bowen for fifth place Friday. Connor and Reese also return Friday for fifth-place singles matches, while Hood is scheduled to meet Clark Atlanta's Camryn Pride for third place in Flight G.

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