MONTEVALLO, Ala. | Navilla Paul won for the ninth time in 11 matches this season, but it wasn't enough for Tuskegee University as they fell to the University of Montevallo 7-1 in non-conference women's tennis action Tuesday afternoon.
 
Paul won for the third time in four tries at number three singles this season, defeating Montevallo's Julia Berg 6-4, 2-1 (retired). All of the matches in singles play finished in straight sets, with Kimberly Bowen forcing a tiebreak in her match at number four singles.
 
Montevallo (12-7) won all three points in doubles, with the closest match coming at number one where the Tuskegee (13-5, 12-1 SIAC) team of Reicia North and Monica Thomas fell 8-6.
 
Tuskegee is off until Friday morning, when they open play in the SIAC Tennis Championships as the second seed against third-seeded Clark Atlanta. The match will start at 8 am (est) in Jonesboro (Ga.).
 
Montevallo 7, Tuskegee 1
Singles
1. Alina Munteannu (Montevallo) def. Reicia North (Tuskegee) 6-1, 6-3
2. Monica Thomas (Tuskegee) vs. Emily Beatty (Montevallo), no result
3. Navilla Paul (Tuskegee) def. Julia Berg (Montevallo) 6-4, 2-1 (retired)
4. Rayne Sinclair (Montevallo) def. Kimberly Bowen (Tuskegee) 6-1, 7-6 (7-2)
5. Lauren Pero (Montevallo) def. Kayla Triche (Tuskegee) 6-0, 6-0
6. Allison Whitley (Montevallo) def. Taylor Wilson (Tuskegee) 6-1, 6-1
 
Doubles
1. Sinclair/Berg (Montevallo) def. North/Thomas (Tuskegee), 8-6
2. Alison Howell/Beatty (Montevallo) def. Paul/Bowen (Tuskegee), 8-1
3. Munteanu/Whitley (Montevallo) def. Triche/Wilson (Tuskegee), 8-0
 
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