LIVINGSTON, Ala. — Both University of West Alabama tennis teams returned to the home courts with wins over Mississippi College on Wednesday at the Howard R. Vaughan Tennis Complex on the UWA campus.  The UWA men blanked the Choctaws 9-0 while the Tiger women topped MC 6-3. 

On the women’s side, UWA’s Nicole Shanahan ousted MC’s Sarah Spraberry 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1. On court three, Chenge Tsapayi of UWA topped Andrea Boyles 6-0, 6-1.  Mariana Freitas dropped MC’s Emily Newman 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2.  The Red and White notched the win with Brittany William’s 8-6 win over Sydney Moak.  UWA claimed two of the three tightly contested doubles matches.  The Tiger tandem of Williams and Shanahan staved off MC’s pairing of Spraberry and Newman, 9-7.  UWA’s duo of Freitas and Tsapayi claimed an 8-6 win over Boyles and Moak of MC, 8-6.

In the men’s match, Denton Meintjes won in straight sets 6-0, 6-2 over MC’s Chas Dunn at the No. 1 position.  UWA’s Brandon Harris and Carlin Tighe each notched wins at No2 and No. 3 respectively.  Harris and Tighe clinched the matches with 7-5 wins in the second set.  Lucas Cruz, Lucas Nunes and Wes Yarnton all won super tie-breaker matches.  In doubles, the UWA pairing of Harris and Yarnton turned back MC’s Dunn and Patrick Stanton on court one.  The Tiger tandem of Nunes and Meintjes along with UWA’s Cruz and Tighe each won on their respective courts.

UWA returns to the courts on Saturday, April 5, welcoming Columbus State at 9 a.m. and Belhaven at 2 p.m.