Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 NEED TO KNOW:
Match 1 Score: Ohio Northern 5, Piedmont 4
Match 2 Score: Piedmont 9, Berea 0
Record: Piedmont, 2-1

BEREA, Ky. - The Piedmont women's tennis team earned a Sunday split, rebounding with a 9-0 win over Berea in the afternoon following a 5-4 close loss to Ohio Northern in the morning.

Match 1: Ohio Northern 5, Piedmont 4

Unlike Saturday night, Piedmont was unable to rally back from a rough start, with Ohio Northern coming out on top by a slim 5-4 margin.

The Lions did take a doubles match on Sunday morning, as Bri Laidman and Abbey Grace Venham won, 8-5, at No. 1 doubles to put a point on the board. The win gives Venham 100 combined singles and doubles wins over her Piedmont career.

The win at No.1 helped stave off another doubles sweep as the Polar Bears took matches at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.

ONU rolled in straight sets at No. 5 singles to lead 3-1 before Piedmont bounced back as Saturday's hero Dakota Wilkes came through again, this time with a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 3.

Then, after Venham fell at No. 1 singles to put ONU within a point of clinching the match, the Polar Bears delivered the clinch with a two-set win at No. 2.

The Lions fought back even after the outcome was decided, with Jordan Ballard winning at No. 6 singles, followed by Alyssa McSpadden rallying from down a set to win a third-set match tiebreaker to end the match.

Match 2: Piedmont 9, Berea 0

The Lions rebounded in their second match of the day, blanking Berea 9-0 in non-conference action. 

Freshmen Chloe Wenzel and Abby Gayle Moody put up an 8-1 victory at No. 3 doubles before seniors Brook Patton and Dannie Evans prevailed 8-2 at No. 1. Sarah Row and Mia Vasher then completed the doubles sweep with an 8-2 win of their own at No. 2.

Needing just two matches in singles to clinch, Piedmont got them in short order as freshman Drea Robinson did not lose a single game in a win at No. 2, followed by Hollan Rabensdorf's 6-0, 6-0 match clinching win at No. 5.

Freshmen Olivia Carpenter and Daisha Thompson also picked up 6-0, 6-0 wins, at No. 3 and No. 4 respectively. Fellow newcomer Kenzie Imsand was one game short of perfect in a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 1 while sophomore Lizzie Ivey cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 win at No. 6 to complete the 9-0 sweep.

Up next, the Lions will open their 2024 home slate on Tuesday, Feb. 20, hosting Brevard at 2 p.m.