Mocs Tennis Team Falls At MTSU

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s tennis team lost a tough battle Wednesday against the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders. This was just the Mocs second loss of the season.

Chattanooga started off strong, securing the doubles point by winning the first two doubles matches at one and two, respectively.

Middle Tennessee came storming back when Brittany Huxley tied the match with her (6-0, 6-0) win over senior Claire Mulyadi at No. 5. The Blue Raiders took an early lead with Tiffany William’s (6-1, 6-3) victory over junior Kayla Jones at No. 1.

Senior Kaylene Chadwell fought hard to secure a (1-6, 6-3, 6-1) win over Jesse Grace at No. 3 to tie up the match at 2-2. Middle Tennessee quickly regained the lead when Giulia Squadrin defeated freshman Samantha Caswell with a (6-3, 4-6, 6-3) win at No. 4 to put the Blue Raiders ahead 3-2.

Middle Tennessee sealed the win today when Darya Shulzhanok overcame junior Kelsey Coots with a (5-7, 7-5, 6-0) win at No. 2. Nayara Moraes helped the Blue Raiders with her (6-0, 3-6, 6-4) victory over junior Alison Storie at No. 6 to end the day.

“That was just a great college tennis match,” stated head coach Jeff Clark. “It’s tough coming up on the short end of that because we battled for almost four hours, but Middle Tennessee is a very good team and we knew that going in. When you look around and you have four three set matches going in a match, it’s still up for grabs but I give credit to Middle Tennessee. They were really tough in the singles today.”

Middle Tennessee improved to 12-3 overall while Chattanooga dropped to 7-2. The Mocs are back in action on Sunday, March 8^th, against UNCG. Chattanooga hosts the Spartans on the UTC Tennis Courts at 12:00 p.m. (E.S.T.). Be sure to check the women’s tennis schedule page for a link to live scoring.   

Middle Tennessee 5, Chattanooga 2
March 4th, 2015 at Chattanooga (UTC Tennis Courts)
Doubles competition
1. Kayla Jones/Samantha Caswell (UTC) def. Darya Shulzhanok/Tiffany William (MTSU) 8-3
2. Kaylene Chadwell/Kelsey Coots (UTC) def. Brittany Huxley/Nayara Moraes (MTSU) 8-5
3. Claire Mulyadi/Katie Polk (UTC) vs. Jesse Grace/Giulia Squadrin (MTSU) 6-5 dnf

Singles competition
1. Tiffany William (MTSU) def. Kayla Jones (UTC) 6-1, 6-3
2. Darya Shulzhanok (MTSU) def. Kelsey Coots (UTC) 5-7, 7-5, 6-0
3. Kaylene Chadwell (UTC) def. Jesse Grace (MTSU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
4. Giulia Squadrin (MTSU) def. Samantha Caswell (UTC) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
5. Brittany Huxley (MTSU) def. Claire Mulyadi (UTC) 6-0, 6-0
6. Nayara Moraes (MTSU) def. Alison Storie (UTC) 6-0, 4-6, 6-4