University of Tennessee Athletics
Lady Vol Duo Falls in NCAAs
May 21, 2015 | Women's Tennis
WACO, Texas -- The senior duo of Joanna Henderson and Caitlyn Williams fell in the opening round of the NCAA Doubles Championships Thursday at Baylor's Hurd Tennis Center.
The loss came to at the hands of Stanford's Caroline Doyle and Ellen Tsay, the No. 10 ranked doubles team in the country, in a 6-0, 6-7 (5), 6-2 match. It was the second time the two teams had faced this season, as Tsay and Doyle took the first match, 6-3, in the semifinals of Freeman Memorial Championships hosted by UNLV in January.
The match went back-and-forth with Stanford sweeping the first set 6-0. The Lady Vols bounced back, though, taking the second set 7-6 (5) and forcing a third set.
The final set saw several games go to deuce, and unfortunately for Tennessee, Doyle and Tsay were able to come out with the wins in those games. After breaking serve to make it 3-2, Stanford never looked back, going on to take the set and match 6-2.
Henderson and Williams, the 22nd-ranked doubles team in the country, finished 17-5 together this season and 45-23 together during their careers on Rocky Top.
This concludes the Lady Vols season, for updates on the women's tennis team throughout the offseason follow on twitter @LadyVol_Tennis.
