Lady Wolves Blank Lady Bears in Season Opener

WESSON – The Co-Lin Women's Tennis team opened the 2022 season with a home contest against Southwest on Friday, January 28. The Lady Wolves earned a shutout win over the Lady Bears, 9-0.

In the doubles matches, the number one team of Morgyn Brister and Keegan Thurman won, 8-2, over Larinda Anderson and Skyla Preston, while the number two team of Britany Barnett and Gracee Warren won 8-0 over Kelsey Jones and Anne Speights. The third team of Kassidy Cupit and Makayla Martin also took an 8-0 win in their match.

In the singles matches, Brister defeated Anderson in the number one match (6-0, 6-2) while Keegan Thurman rallied after losing the first set by winning the second set and tiebreaker to take the number two singles match against Preston. Barnett took the number three match against Jones (6-1, 6-1) while Warren took the number four match (6-2, 6-1) over Jaslyn Young. Cupit defeated Speights in the number five match (6-1, 6-0) while Martin took the number six match (6-0, 6-0).

The Lady Wolves are now 1-0 overall and in conference play and will return to action with a road contest against Hinds on Tuesday, February 1, at 2 p.m.