The Belmont Abbey women's tennis team won all but one match as the Crusaders claimed an 8-1 win over the visiting Converse College Valkyries this afternoon to earn their first win over a Conference Carolinas opponent since the 2004 season, the year before the program was suspended until the fall of 2009. The Crusaders are now 2-4 overall and 1-2 in Conference Carolinas.

The only match the Abbey lost was number one doubles, falling 8-6. Converse, which only has four players, defaulted at number three doubles as well as five and six singles. Kirstie Jenkins won convincingly at number one singles, dropping Olivia Self by matching scores of 6-1. Katharine Miller earned a 6-3-6-4 win over Raissa Morandi at number two singles, and Brooke Ingram and Shannon Ramsey earned hard-fought wins at number three and four, respectively. Ingram won the first set 7-6, winning the tiebreaker 7-5, and won the match with a 6-2 second set victory. Ramsey won the first set 6-1, but fell 6-2 in the second and claimed a 6-4 win in the third. Paige French and Bridget Franer won by default at number five and six singles, respectively.

At doubles, Self and Taylor Bland earned the only win for Converse with an 8-6 win over Jenkins and Miller, but the Crusaders claimed a 9-7 win at number two doubles as Ingram and Ramsey defeated Morandi and Marisa Esformes.

Belmont Abbey 8, Converse 1
Doubles
Olivia Self/Taylor Bland def. Kirstie Jenkins/Katharine Miller, 8-6
Brooke Ingram/Shannon Ramsey def. Raissa Morandi/Marisa Esformes, 9-7
Paige French/Bridget Franer win by default

Singles
Kirstie Jenkins def. Olivia Self, 6-1, 6-1
Katharine Miller def. Raissa Morandi, 6-3, 6-4
Brooke Ingram def. Taylor Bland, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
Shannon Ramsey def. Marisa Esformes, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
Paige French wins by default
Bridget Franer wins by default