MONTEVALLO, Ala. —  West Alabama’s women’s tennis team topped Gulf South Conference foe Montevallo, 5-4, on Wednesday at the Varsity Courts on the UM campus. 

UWA (9-4) won two of the three matches in doubles competition and sealed the win by claiming the final three courts in singles play.  The Tiger tandem of Nicole Shanahan and Brittany Williams turned back the Falcon duo of Shasta Brown and Dorothy Sherman 8-3.  The team of Amanda Morgan and Rachel Hardaway dropped UM’s pairing of Kelley Vaughn and Terrylisa Abdool 8-7 (5). 

In singles, Shanahan defeated Shasta Brown, 6-2, 6-1, at the No. 1 position.  UWA’s Williams and Hardaway won their respective matches in straight sets.  Williams breezed past Sherman at No. 4, 6-0, 6-1.  The Tigers clinched the match with Hardaway’s 6-4, 6-2 win over UM’s Vaughn ay No. 5.

The UWA netters return to competition on Friday, March 14, traveling to Louisville, Ky. to face Lindsey Wilson at 9 a.m. and the University of Southern Indiana at 2 p.m.