Ravens sweep HCAC pair in women’s tennis

The Anderson University women’s tennis team swept a pair of Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference matches on Saturday in Lexington, Ky., defeating Transylvania 9-0 and Defiance 7-2.

Against Defiance, Mandy Hackney (No. 3 singles, No. 2 doubles), Jessie Rigby (No. 4 singles, No. 2 doubles), Emily Thompson (No. 6 singles, No. 3 doubles) and Katelyn Boes  (No. 2 singles, No. 3 doubles) each won at singles and doubles for the Ravens. Katie Porter accounted for the other point at No. 5 singles.

AU (5-6, 4-3 HCAC) travels to conference foe Manchester on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

ANDERSON 7, DEFIANCE 2

Singles - 1. Meyer (D) def. Rachel Makin, 6-2, 6-2; 2. Katelyn Boes (A) def. Auzins, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0; 3. Mandy Hackney (A) def. Smith, 6-3, 4-6, 10-8; 4. Jessie Rigby (A) def. Toth, 7-5, 6-2; 5. Katie Porter (A) def. French, 6-0, 6-0; 6. Emily Thompson (A) def. Martin, 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles - 1. Meyer/Auzins (D) def. Makin/Becky Curtis, 8-4; 2. Hackney/Rigby (A) def. Smith/Toth, 8-1; 3. Thompson/Boes (A) def. French/Martin, 8-2.

ANDERSON 9, TRANSYLVANIA

Singles - 1. Makin (A) def. Milliken, 6-2, 6-2; 2. Boes (A) def. Boone, 7-5, 7-5; 3. Hackney (A) def. Shewmaker, 6-2, 6-4; 4. Rigby (A) def. Newcom, 6-1, 6-3; 5. Porter (A) def. Ryser, 6-1, 6-3; 6. Thompson (A) def. Crawley, 6-2, 6-3.

Doubles - 1. Makin/Curtis (A) def. Milliken/Shewmaker, 8-3; 2. Hackney/Rigby (A) def. Boone/Weber, 8-2; 3. Thompson/Boes (A) def. Newcom/Lynn, 8-1.