SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Converse College (10-10, 4-7 CC) tennis team dropped its home finale to Barton College (14-7, 7-3 CC) by the final of 5-2 on Thursday afternoon at the Converse Tennis Complex. Pauline Hagen continued her impressive play with a No. 2 singles win over Vanessa Sanoja while Valentina Aparicio collected her second-consecutive win with a No. 6 flight victory over Claudia Capellades.
Barton 5, Converse 2
Singles competition
1. Daria Avram (BARTON) def. Steffi Kong (CONV) 7-6, 6-7, 10-2
2. Pauline Hagen (CONV) def. Vanessa Sanoja (BARTON) 4-6, 6-1, 10-7
3. Marissa Stevenson (BARTON) def. Snigdha Musugunthan (CONV) 6-2, 6-0
4. Isabella Caballero (BARTON) def. Taylor Parrott (CONV) 7-6, 6-1
5. Ada Vargas (BARTON) def. Martha Quattlebaum (CONV) 6-4, 6-3
6. Valentina Aparicio (CONV) def. Claudia Capellades (BARTON) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6
Doubles competition
1. Pauline Hagen/Taylor Parrott (CONV) def. Daria Avram/Ada Vargas (BARTON) 6-4
2. Marissa Stevenson/Vanessa Sanoja (BARTON) def. Valentina Aparicio/Snigdha Musugunthan (CONV) 6-2
3. Claudia Capellades/Isabella Caballero (BARTON) def. Steffi Kong/Martha Quattlebaum (CONV) 6-4
This concludes the regular season for the Valkyries and they will now await to hear their first-round opponent in the 2019 Conference Carolinas Tennis Championships.