LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Shenandoah University men's and women's tennis teams concluded their spring break Sunday by splitting USA South Conference matches against Ferrum.

Playing neutral site matches in Lynchburg, the SU women were 8-1 winners with the Hornet men falling 5-4.

The Shenandoah women are now 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the USA South with the victory. The men fall to 0-6 overall and 0-2 in the league.

The women got things started on a positive note by winning two of three in doubles. Carla Wong and Shannon Allin combined to win 8-1 at No. 1 while Rachel Gross and Kelsey Brewster were leading 3-0 when FC (2-6, 1-2) had to default the match due to injury.

The injured player was unable to continue, which gave Shenandoah a default victory at No. 6 singles and a 3-1 advantage.

Now needing just two of five victories in singles, the women erased all doubt by sweeping the contested matches in straight sets.

Wong won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 and Allin 7-5, 6-3 at No. 2 to give each woman a second victory on the day.

Rachel Gross clinched it with a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 4.

The Ferrum men (1-6, 1-0) won two of three doubles matches, which ended up being the deciding factor in the match. SU and FC split the six singles matches, with Shenandoah winning at Nos. 2, 4 and 5. The Nos. 4 and 5 matches both went to a third set.

Anthony Horkan was the lone double winner. He combined with Myles Hairston to win 9-8 (10-8) at No. 3 doubles and then was a 4-6, 6-1 1-0 (10-7) winner at No. 4 singles.

Both teams host Stevenson on Thursday in a non-league match.

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