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Piedmont Overall Wins: 8
Piedmont Singles Wins: 4 
Piedmont Doubles Wins: 4

BELMONT, N.C. - Piedmont women's tennis concluded its fall season, facing tough competition at the Belmont Abbey Invitational on Thursday and Friday.

Facing teams from Averett, Belmont Abbey, Lenoir-Rhyne and N.C. Wesleyan, the Lions were able to pick up four singles and doubles wins over the two days of competition.

Freshman Sarah Sanabia continued an impressive fall debut, picking up three total wins, with two in doubles partnered with Bri Laidman, while picking up a singles win herself as well. Sanabia closed out a 6-2 singles record in the fall after a 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Belmont Abbey's Yaritza Gonzalez.

Fellow freshman Emily Gonzalez picked up a singles win over Belmont Abbey while teaming with Amanda Barrett for a 6-4 doubles victory.

Barrett won a hard-fought third-set tiebreaker over Belmont Abbey's Rachel Flynn (6-2, 6-7 (4), 10-5) for her second total win of the fall. 

Jordan Ballard faced difficult competition and came away with one singles win while the duo of Dannie Evans and Drea Robinson emerged victorious in a battle against Belmont Abbey's Gonzalez and Flynn, 7-5.

With the fall season in the books, the Lions will enter the spring with a 2-0 record and will begin their 2024 spring campaign on Saturday, February at 11 a.m. at home against Truett McConnell.

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