MILLIGAN COLLEGE, Tenn. (Oct. 6, 2018) â€" Chessa Jones, Karson Light, Marlaina Peterson and the Milligan College women's tennis team improved to 2-0 this season with a victory Saturday over Appalachian Athletic Conference opponent Columbia College, 7-2.
 
The win marked the ninth straight for Milligan over Columbia since the Koalas joined the AAC beginning in the 2011-12 season. Jones, Light and Peterson all stayed perfect on the singles court.
 
Lexie Hill and Jones played the closest match of the day, coming from behind twice to win at No. 1 doubles. After Light/Minda Martin and Peterson/Rachel Blankenship wrapped up wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles respectively, all eyes were on court one to see Hill and Jones erase a 7-4 deficit to force a tiebreak. Hill and Jones then erased a Columbia match point at 7-6 in the breaker, winning three straight points to finish the match (9-8 (9-7)).
 
Jones followed later with a straight sets win at No. 2 singles (6-4, 6-2), and the bottom of the Milligan singles lineup all won in straight sets as well. Light won 6-3, 6-0 at No. 4; Peterson won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5; and Rachel Dove won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 6.
 
Martin played the closest singles match of the day but fell in a third set super tiebreaker, 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 at No. 3 singles.
 
Up next, Milligan will be home again Tuesday at 1 p.m. when the Buffs rejoin the men to host Mars Hill University at Mathes Tennis Center. After that, only one match remains on the schedule during the fall segment.

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