ORLANDO, Fla.- During Friday's action in the SIAC roundup, Savannah State earned another split, losing to Tuskegee but beating in-state rival Albany State.
Tuskegee defeated SSU 6-1 but the Lady Tigers bounced back to top Albany State 5-2 in the second match.
Against Tuskegee, SSU lost all doubles matches with
Madeleine Anne Nolan and
Jaeda Cooper and
Nyla Warner and
Sunzahra Banks losing their matches 6-1.
Amaia Connor and
Simone Reese fell in their match 6-0.
Madeleine Anne Nolan picked up SSU's only singles win against Tuskegee, with a 6-2,0-6,10-8 victory.
Falling short in their singles matches were
Nyla Warner (6-1, 6-1),
Jaeda Cooper (6-1, 6-3),
Sunzahra Banks (6-3, 6-0),
Katelynn Welch (6-1, 6-0) and
Simone Reese (6-1, 6-1).
Savannah State swept the doubles matches against the Golden Rams.
Nolan/Cooper won 6-4, Warner/Banks won 6-2 and Welch/Connor won by default.
Warner won her singles match 6-0, 6-0 while Banks (6-3, 6-4), Welch (6-1, 6-1) and Connor (won by default) were also victorious. Nolan lost her match 6-4, 6-2 and Cooper fell her her match 6-4, 6-4.
Savannah will wrap up the roundup on Saturday with matches against Edward Waters and Clark Atlanta.
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