Alexander City, AL—It all came down to the final match of the afternoon at the Central Alabama Community College tennis courts in a battle of the two Kelly's—Julia Kelly, MMI's No. 1 player, and Kelly Martin, CACC's No. 1 player from Australia.  MMI's Kelly won the first set 6-2 but trailed 2-3 midway through the second.  But it was MMI's Kelly that came up with the clutch shots time and time again down the stretch to close out the second set, 6-3, by winning the last four games of the match.  That key point gave the Lady Tigers the razor-thin margin of victory, 5-4.

Earlier in the match, the Tigers notched two doubles points at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles by scores of 8-3 and 8-1, respectively. 

In other singles action, Anna Waller blanked Alyssa Vandiver at No. 2 singles, 6-0, 6-0, and Madelyn Dibble dropped two games in her 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 3 singles.

MMI 5, Central Alabama CC 4

Doubles Competition

1.  Kelly/Dibble (MMI) def. Martin/Strickland (CACC) 8-3

2.  Waller/Crossett (MMI) def. Vandiver/Hayes (CACC) 8-1

3.  Woods/Albright (CACC) def. Taylor/Jeong (MMI) 8-1

Singles Competition

1.  Julia Kelly (MMI) def. Kelly Martin (CACC) 6-2, 6-3

2.  Anna Waller (MMI) def. Alyssa Vandiver (CACC) 6-0, 6-0

3.  Madelyn Dibble (MMI) def. Anna Woods (CACC) 6-2, 6-0

4.  Ellyse Strickland (CACC) def. Eve Crossett (MMI) 6-1, 6-3

5.  Ellie Hayes (CACC) def. Catherine Taylor (MMI) 6-0, 6-2

6.  Kaelyn Albright (CACC) def. Sarah Jeong (MMI) 6-0, 6-1

Next Up:  The Lady Tigers return to action on Friday, February 19, when they host Coastal Alabama Community College-South at the Paul B. Anderson Tennis Complex.