MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — GPS’s Sarah Evans and Baylor’s Samantha Caswell have played each other four times this tennis season.
They’re about to make it five.
The two will battle at 10 EDT this morning for the Division II-AA state singles title at Old Fort State Park. Evans has won three times, and Caswell claimed a 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 victory in the Patty Chadwell Invitational.
Evans claimed two victories Thursday, losing a total of four games, while Caswell had a much tougher road, defeating West Region champion Caroline Orr 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 before outlasting GPS’s Bronte Goodhue 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7-3).
St. Andrew’s-Sewanee sophomore Sadie Shackelford also plays for a state title, as she will face King’s Academy’s Christine Gwodag in Division II-A.