Eleanor Sojka delivered Thursday afternoon this year.
The lone returning All-SEC player swept Purnell Swett’s Jessica Oxendine in straight 6-0 sets, pacing the Scots to a 9-0 victory over the Rams at the Scotland Tennis Center.
“It was a great season opener as far as conference play. The girls stayed focused and played to their opponents weaknesses,” said Roller. “Eleanor (Sojka) did an outstanding job at No.1, giving up only a few points to her opponent.”
Following Sojka’s win, Scotland’s Charlotte Laurent defeated Larissa Lowry, 6-1 and 6-2 in No.2 singles while Cori Newton won 6-1 and 6-2 over Purnell Swett’s Lela Waltman in No. 3 singles.
At No.4 singles, the Scots Leslie Floyd picked up 6-2 and 6-0 wins over Hillary Locklear. Kathleen Ralls won 6-2 and 6-0 over the Ram’s Elizabeth Locklear at No.5 singles.
In the final singles match, Scotland’s Morgan Haywood won game one, 6-1, before dropping game two, 7-6, to Purnell Swett’s Kailey Godwin then took the tiebreaker, 7-5.
In doubles, Sojka and Newton made quick work of Oxendine and Lowry in No.1 doubles, 8-0.
“Our goal was to make no mistakes and to keep the ball in play,” said Sojka and Newton of their doubles match. “It led to a successful ending.”
Laurent and Munore Buie earned an 8-1 win at No.2 doubles against Waltman and Hillary Locklear while Floyd and Hannah Cox made it a clean sweep in doubles with an 8-0 victory over Elizabeth Locklear and Godwin.
The Scots will look to move to 2-0 when they travel to Pinecrest on Tuesday at 4 p.m.







