LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. --- Asbury women's tennis (10-4, 5-1) earned a road Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) sweep, 7-0, at Covenant in Lookout Mountain, Ga., on Friday afternoon, while the AU men's team (10-2, 5-0) rallied from behind to a 4-3 win over the Scots (11-6, 4-1) to stay No. 1 in the CCS.
Asbury and Covenant were both 4-0 in the CCS entering Friday's matchup, with a regular season championship on the line in Lookout Mountain, Ga.
The Eagles took the No. 2 doubles match over Covenant powered by sophomore doubles tandem, accounting major
Ben Moore and business administration major
Andres Caceres, 6-4. AU slipped in the other two doubles matches to the Scots, heading into singles matches trailing Covenant, 1-0.
Covenant took the top two singles matches over Asbury, 6-4, 6-3 in the No. 1 match against
Alejandro Caceres and 6-4, 7-6 in the No. 2 spot with
Franco Patino. Moore,
Andres Caceres,
Alejo Britos, and
Ignacio Ardiles each took clutch singles wins to earn the four points for AU to take the match.
Junior business administration major
Ignacio Ardiles took the deciding victory over Covenant in the No. 4 match in a tie-break, before being swarmed by his team to celebrate at least a share of the 2025 CCS Regular Season Championship.
"I would say that our team made a great effort to make this win possible. We started out down 3-0, but the team was always strong to come back and win this match. I am very happy about this moment, and to be able to win the regular season championship."
Alejo Britos | Junior | Business Administration | Buenos Aires, Argentina
No. 2 CCS ranked AU women's tennis won all three doubles matches and then took every singles match for the sweep. The Eagles allowed no more than three points in any doubles or singles match throughout the contest.
Freshman marketing major
Katherine Nova took her 13th No. 1 singles victory of the season, remaining undefeated in the No. 1 spot in her collegiate career.
Malory Watkins and
Mikaela West earned a strong 6-1 doubles win in the No. 3 match against Covenant.
Both AU tennis teams will celebrate senior day on April 17 against Maryville College at Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville, Ky., with the men's team a win away from an outright CCS Regular Season Championship.
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