Men’s and Women’s Tennis pick up 6-1 wins over UVA Wise

HARROGATE, Tenn. (February 19, 2022) – The Milligan University men's and women's tennis teams both earned 6-1 victories over UVA Wise at Lincoln Memorial University on Saturday afternoon.

Milligan men's tennis moves to 4-1 on the year while women's tennis is 4-2.

All three women's doubles teams took care of business as Kylie Enarson and Macy Kennedy rolled to a 6-1 win at No. 1 doubles. Karson Light and Hannah Nelson collected a 6-1 victory at second doubles and Kaitlin Barrett and Katie Leonard won 6-4 at No. 3 doubles.

Enarson and Light won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 and No. 4 singles, respectively. Kennedy won third singles 6-1, 6-1, Nelson won a competitive 7-5, 6-4 matchup at fifth singles and Leonard notched a 6-1, 6-4 victory at No. 6 singles.

Milligan's men dropped just two sets in doubles action as Nathan Smiley and Derian Janeke took top doubles and Daniel Roshak and Carter Rigsby took No. 2 doubles with 6-1 scores. Marcos Moreno and Landon Brown won third doubles 6-0.

Smiley won without dropping a set at No. 1 singles. Moreno earned a 6-3, 6-0 victory at No. 2 singles. Justin Rigsby captured a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 3 singles. Thomas was triumphant 6-0, 6-0 at fouth singles and Roshak took a 6-3, 6-1 win in fifth singles.

Milligan men's tennis returns to action tomorrow afternoon against Pikeville at 1:00 p.m. at the Mathes Tennis Center while the women return to action against Union on Wednesday.