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Newberry Women’s Tennis Defeats Emory & Henry Saturday

Newberry Women’s Tennis Defeats Emory & Henry Saturday
Emory & Henry
0
Newberry
4

Doubles

Renee Dorval / Yui Suzuki
def. Olivia Pursley / Tahnne Sesma
5-2
Hazel Vernon / Lina Sarhan
def. Ellyson Kovacs / Katie Bradley
6-2
Margarita Roshka / Aina Miralles
def. No Player / No player
0-0

Singles

Margarita Roshka
def. Tahnne Sesma
6-1, 3-2, 0-0
Lina Sarhan
def. Olivia Pursley
6-3, 6-1, 0-0
Aina Miralles
def. Ellyson Kovacs
6-1, 4-0, 0-0
Renee Dorval
def. Katie Bradley
6-2, 3-0, 0-0
Hazel Vernon
def. Sarah McClure
6-0, 6-0, 0-0
Simran Bundela
def. No Player
0-0, 0-0, 0-0
full stats
Posted: Feb 28, 2026

NEWBERRY, S.C. - The Emory & Henry University Men's Tennis Team (0-6) and Women's Tennis Team (1-5) opened up South Atlantic Conference play with a pair of losses to Newberry College Saturday afternoon. The Wolves took both matches by 4-0 scores. 

The Basics
MEN'S SCORE - Newberry 4, Emory & Henry 0
WOMEN'S SCORE - Newberry 4, Emory & Henry 0
LOCATION - Newberry, South Carolina
VENUE - Oakland Tennis Center
MEN'S RECORDS - Emory & Henry (0-6, 0-1 SAC); Newberry (1-6, 1-0 SAC)
WOMEN'S RECORDS - Emory & Henry (1-5, 0-1 SAC); Newberry (7-1, 1-0 SAC)

Men's Match
- The Wolves won all three doubles matches to establish an early 1-0 advantage.
- Freshman Bangalie Turay (Las Vegas, Nev.) was defeated 0-6, 1-6 by Daniel Watson at No. 1 singles.
- Senior Nathan Spurling (Abingdon, Va.) trailed 2-6, 1-4 in his No. 2 singles match with Senthen Reddy when it was left unfinished.
- Senior Keenan Glago (Harrisonburg, Va.) was leading Martin Posada Garcia 7-6 (7-2), 2-2 at the No. 3 singles spot when their match was abandoned.
- Sophomore Leo Knothe (Hanover, GERMANY) was downed by a 2-6, 1-6 score by Sohei Kamiyama at the No. 4 singles position.
- Senior Tristan Hicks (Abingdon, Va.) was down 2-6 against Noel Bartz at No. 5 singles.
- Senior Gus Senn (Charlotte, N.C.) was ahead 6-4, 1-2 at No. 6 singles versus Evan Philips.

Women's Match
- Newberry swept the doubles portion of the match to take a 1-0 lead.
- Sophomore Tahnne Sesma (Zumaia, SPAIN) was trailing Margarita Roshka 1-6, 2-3 at the No. 1 singles spot.
- Junior Olivia Pursley (Hendersonville, N.C.) was defeated 3-6, 1-6 by Lina Sarhan at No. 2 singles.
- Sophomore Ellyson Kovacs (Bristol, Tenn.) was down 1-6, 0-4 to Aina Miralles in their No. 3 singles match.
- Senior Katie Bradley (Auchterarder, SCOTLAND) trailed 2-6, 0-3 to Renee Dorval in No. 4 singles.
- Freshman Sarah McClure (Lansing, N.C.) was defeated by a 0-6, 0-6 score against Hazel Vernon at No. 5 singles.
- The Wolves won the No. 6 singles match by forfeit to clinch the victory. 

Up Next
- The Wasps step out of conference play on Sunday, March 1 when they host the Big Blue of Bluefield State University. First serve is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. from Abingdon High School. 

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