Wildcats Top Mountaineers in Tennis Opener

Box Score DAVIDSON, N.C. - App State tennis fell to Davidson in its 2024 season opener, 4-2, on Sunday. The Mountaineers picked up individual wins from freshman Taya Powell and graduate student Maggie Pate, plus a doubles win from the pair.
 
App State (0-1) failed to secure the doubles point as it fell short 2-1. The Mountaineers' No. 2 doubles team of Pate and Powell won their first doubles match this season, 6-2. Senior Ellie Murphy and freshman Naledi Manyube lost 5-1 in the No. 1 matchup, and the No. 3 pair of sophomores Savannah Dada-Mascoll and Riley Collins fell short in a tiebreaker by a 7-6 (7-2) score, giving Davidson the doubles point.
  
In singles play, Powell and Pate both secured straight-set wins for the Mountaineers on courts No. 1 and No. 3, respectively. The freshman Aussie represented the Black and Gold on court No. 1, defeating her opponent 6-1, 7-5. Pate picked up the win on court No. 3, defeating her opponent 6-2, 6-4. On court No. 2, Manyube fell 6-4, 6-3 in straight sets in her Black and Gold debut. Collins and Murphy lost on the No. 4 and No. 5 courts. 
 
Up Next
App State will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 3 in the High Country for its home opener. The match is set for a 1 p.m. start time against Queens University.
 
The 2023-24 tennis season is presented by Hound Ears Club.
 
Results vs Davidson
 
Doubles

• Emma Heiderscheit/Kavya Patel (DAV) def. Ellie Murphy/Naledi Manyube (APP) 6-1
• Maggie Pate/Taya Powell (APP) def. Savanna Kollock/Bryson Langford (DAV) 6-2
• Daniela Porges/Charlotte Calderwood (DAV) def. Savannah Dada-Mascoll/Riley Collins (APP) 7-6 [7-2]

 
Singles

• Taya Powell (APP) def. Emma Heiderscheit (DAV) 6-1, 7-5
• Savanna Kollock (DAV) def. Naledi Manyube (APP) 6-4, 6-3
• Maggie Pate (APP) def. Kavya Patel (DAV) 6-2, 6-4
• Daneila Porges (DAV) def. Riley Collins (APP) 6-1, 6-0
• Bryson Langford (DAV) def. Ellie Murphy (APP) 5-0 (retired)