ABILENE, Texas – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor women's tennis team closed out the fall schedule by playing for a pair of consolation titles on the final day of the Big Country Classic Friday in Abilene.
In consolation singles, UMHB's
Chloe Norris and
Katy Beach squared off in one semifinal. Beach held off her teammate 3-6, 6-4, 10-6 to advance to the championship match.
Victoria Rendon faced Jonnah Smith of Hardin-Simmons in the other semifinal and fell 6-0, 6-0. Beach would then fall to Smith in a hard-fought, three-set battle in the consolation championship 4-6, 6-2, 11-9.
In consolation doubles, Norris and Rendon took on Sydney Anderson and
Sofia Sanchez in another all UMHB semifinal and posted an 8-3 victory. Beach and
Nathalie Galligan played Howard Payne's Lexie Nave and Jessenia Ureste in the other semi and claimed an 8-4 win to set up an all-Cru consolation championship. Norris and Rendon would go on to win the title by topping their teammates 8-0.
The tournament was played at the Streich Tennis Center on the campus of Hardin-Simmons University and closes out the Cru's fall tournament schedule. The event replaced the ITA Southwest Regional Tournament after several schools decided not to compete in the fall semester.
