MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (February 23, 2007) --- Both the Milligan College Men’s and Women’s took wins over the Maryville College squads in the first match at Milligan of the season on Friday afternoon. Both squads earned the victories by scores of 8-1 over the Maryville Scots.

The Buffaloes swept all the singles matches against the Scots on the afternoon. Seniors Ryan Reynolds (Johnson City, Tenn.) and Stuart Makinson (Franklin, N.C.) won their singles matches, defeating Matt Limone and Andrew Hazel respectively. Reynolds won with scores of 6-0, 6-0, while Makinson won 7-6, 7-1, 6-1. Underclassman Charles Williams (Perth, Australia) beat out William Alexander, 6-3, 6-4, while teammate Jonathan Ryan (Wangaratta, Australia) took a match 6-4, 6-4 over Maryville’s Yumihito Takebuchi. Tom Jones (Johnson City, Tenn.) also claimed victory for the Buffs with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Brent Pesterfield, as did Bryan Upshaw (Kingsport, Tenn.) with a score of 6-1, 6-1 over Reuben Liebe.

In men’s doubles, the Milligan teams of Reynolds and Jones, along with Ryan and Williams won with identical 8-1 scores.

For the women, Milligan went undefeated in doubles action. The No. 1 pair of Melissa Grgat (Melbourne, Australia) and Krissi Denton (Bristol, Tenn.) beat out Maryville’s Chelse Nieri and Lauren Harper for an 8-5 win. Sara Hopson (Greeneville, Tenn.) and Janie Mullins (Greenville, Ala.) won their No. 2 doubles match with a score of 8-6 over Brittany Sexton and Mary Catharine Moore. Amber Campbell (Erwin, Tenn.) and Myra O’Dell (Kingsport, Tenn.) round out the doubles sweep with an 8-0 victory over Meredith Howard and Megan Walden.

Grgat took the No. 1 women’s singles match with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Sexton. Denton followed by defeating Harper 6-1, 6-1, as well as Campbell’s 6-7, 6-2 (10-4) victory over Moore. Freshman Mullins won over Megan Walden 6-0, 6-3, and Mandy Caston (Moncks Corner, S.C.) won 6-4, 6-2 over Meredith Howard.

The women’s squad will return to action Saturday morning against Radford University. Their match is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. at the Mathes Tennis Center. The men’s team will travel to Lee University for a match on Feb. 27.

Men’s Results
Doubles
Milligan	Maryville	Winner	Score
Reynolds/Jones	Takebuchi/Alexander	Milligan	8-1
Ryan/Williams	Limone/Hazel	Milligan	8-1
Makinson/Travis Fields	Liebe/Pesterfield	Maryville	8-6
Singles
Ryan	Takebuchi	Milligan	6-4, 6-4
Williams	Alexander	Milligan	6-3, 6-4
Reynolds	Limone	Milligan	6-0, 6-0
Jones	Pesterfield	Milligan	6-0, 6-1
Makinson	Hazel	Milligan	7-6, (7-1), 6-1
Upshaw	Liebe	Milligan	6-1, 6-1
Women’s Results
Doubles
Milligan	Maryville	Winner	Score
Grgat/Denton	Nieri/Harper	Milligan	8-5
Hopson/Mullins	Sexton/Moore	Milligan	8-6
Campbell/O’Dell	Howard\Walden	Milligan	8-0
Singles
Grgat	Sexton	Milligan	6-1, 6-2
Denton	Harper	Milligan	6-1, 6-1
Campbell	Moore	Milligan	6-7, 6-2, (10-4)
Hopson	Nieri	Maryville	6-3, 0-6, (10-2)
Mullins	Walden	Milligan	6-0, 6-3
Caston	Howard	Milligan	6-4, 6-2