Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 ABILENE, TEXAS – Junior Hannah DeFriend (Groesbeck, Texas) claimed a thrilling victory at number six singles, and McMurry University and Hardin-Simmons University's women's doubles teams battled tooth and nail, spotlighting American Southwest Conference action Friday, March 24.
 
DeFriend and the Cowgirls' Jonnah Smith kept fans at the Seidel-Swagerty Tennis Center glued to their seats as the annual crosstown league clash wound down. DeFriend took set one 6-4, but Smith answered with a 7-6 decision to force a tiebreaker. DeFriend managed to gain a team point for head coach Chris Breaux's War Hawks during an 8-1 loss with a 10-5 victory.
 
There could have been much more in the Maroon and White's cupboard earlier in the afternoon. All three doubles matches went to the proverbial wire. DeFriend and senior Hope Turner (Wills Point, Texas) pushed HSU's number side to a tiebreaker; Junior Bridgette Fly (Watauga, Texas) and freshman Jenna Vincent (San Angelo, Texas) claimed four games at number two; and senior Emily Nuttall (Keller, Texas) and sophomore McKenzie Carroll (Groesbeck, Texas) fell 8-5 at number three.
 
On the men's side of the ledger, HSU claimed a 9-0 victory. Freshman Eh Kuh Soe (Dumas, Texas) took the Cowboys' Davyn Williford to a three-set finish at number five singles, dropping a tight-knit 10-6 tiebreaker. Soe proved strong in doubles play, too, joining senior Dylan Bryant (Ovalo, Texas) to pick up fiour game triumphs at number two.
 
McMurry's men and women continue ASC action Saturday, April 1, hosting Mary-Hardin-Baylor.