FROM STAFF REPORTS

The University of Montevallo women’s tennis team played three matches in the last four days to close out their spring break road trip March 17-20.

The Falcons (3-14 overall, 0-9 in Peach Belt Conference) opened the four-day period with a 9-0 loss at Francis Marion University. Montevallo then took down Converse College 5-4 before falling to Georgia College 9-0.

The Falcons picked up singles’ wins from junior Helene Nordgreen, senior Calli Robinson and sophomore Amy McGucken against Converse.

Freshman Kayla Hackett, a Chelsea graduate, and senior Kodi Bobo teamed up to win the No. 2 doubles’ match, while McGucken and freshman Yulia Shvetsova won the No. 3 doubles’ match.

Nordgreen won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, Robinson won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles and McGucken won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 5 singles. Hackett and Bobo rolled at No. 2 doubles 8-1, while McGucken and Shvetsova had to go to a tiebreaker at No. 3 doubles before winning 9-8 (7-4).

Against Francis Marion, Nordgreen won a game against the 35th-ranked player in the country before losing 6-0, 6-1.

McGucken led the team with four game wins, losing 6-2, 6-2. Nordgreen and Robinson won a game against the fifth-ranked doubles team in the country before losing 8-1 at No. 1 doubles.

Against Georgia College, Bobo came within a set of winning her match. She fell 6-4, 2-6, 10-6. McGucken was the only other Montevallo player to even win a game in the match before falling 6-1, 6-0 at No. 5 singles.