Covenant men's tennis senior Chris Cox tied a program record for career singles victories and the Scots won for a 10th time in the last 11 matches with an 8-1 victory over Brevard on Saturday afternoon at the Zan Guerry Tennis Center at Baylor School in Chattanooga.
The match was moved away from Lookout Mountain due to expected rain on Saturday afternoon.
Cox tallied his 50th career singles win with his 6-2, 7-5 victory over Tim Hengst at the No. 2 spot. The win total ties Cox atop the program's career singles wins leaderboard with Josh Jeremiah, a standout who played for the Scots from 2008-11. Cox is 50-30 all-time in singles play for his career, a .625 winning percentage.
Covenant (11-2) had to fight off some close matches to get the victory. Cox and Matthew Harvie were 8-6 winners at the top doubles spot over Brevard's Tom Mittring and Hengst, while Logan Hull and Taylor Galloway also took an 8-6 win at the second spot over Will Christiansen and David Bumgarner. Trey Wood and Paxton Haggerty completed the doubles sweep for the Scots as they eased past Jaume Reig and Florian Peyssonneaux 8-1.
In singles play, it was the bottom of the order that clinched the victory. Haggerty's 6-1, 6-0 win over Bumgarner at the No. 5 spot gave Covenant a 4-0 match lead. Ben Tonkel sealed the deal with his 6-2, 6-0 win over Peyssonneaux at the sixth position.
Harvie was bested in a tough, three-set match to Mittring as Brevard (3-11) took its lone point of the match after Mittring's 3-6, 7-6(2), 1-0 (10-4) win at the top singles flight. The loss didn't faze the Scots as Hull defeated Christiansen 6-4, 7-5 at No. 3 and Galloway bested Reig 6-0, 6-4 at No. 4.
Covenant returns to USA South play on Wednesday with a trip to face Piedmont in Demorest, Ga. Covenant defeated Piedmont on Friday by a 6-3 final. First serve is set for 4 p.m.
A day after seeing a two-year win streak against USA South foes come to an end, the Covenant women's tennis team bounced back and posted a 9-0 victory over Brevard on Saturday afternoon at the Zan Guerry Tennis Center at Baylor School in Chattanooga.
The match was moved away from Lookout Mountain due to expected rain during the afternoon on Saturday.
Covenant (7-6) did not drop a set in cruising to the win over USA South newcomer Brevard (2-8). The match was Covenant's third in as many days and the Lady Scots went 2-1 during the stretch.
In doubles, Annie DeLuca and Esther Eddy had to fight off a strong No. 1 doubles duo from Brevard in Kelsey Kushner and Jen Cox. DeLuca and Eddy outlasted the Brevard duo and took a 9-8(6) victory at the top spot. Aly Hall and Jennie Spielman eased past Margaret Correll and Mckenzie Bowman 8-1, while Morgan McCain and Masha Lanska were also victorious by an 8-1 margin over Carmen Boone and Christiana Beltran at the third spot.
Spielman gave Covenant a 4-0 match lead with her 6-2, 6-3 win over Bowman at the No. 4 spot before Hall clinched the match with a sweep of Kushner 6-0, 6-0 at the top flight. In each of the final four singles matches, Covenant controlled play and only dropped a handful of points.
Eddy was a 6-1, 6-2 winner over Correll at the third flight and DeLuca took a 6-2, 6-0 win over Cox at No. 2. Mackenzie Jones bested Beltran in straight sets 6-0, 6-0 at the No. 6 spot, while McCain completed the sweep with her 6-4, 6-1 win against Boone at No. 5.
Covenant returns to Lookout Mountain and the Covenant Tennis Complex on Friday, March 30 against USA South foe Huntingdon. Match time is set for 11 a.m.