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McCulloughs finish as national runner-up in doubles at ITA Cup

Annie and Caitlin McCullough with TU head coach Adam Jackson and assistant Anthony Braem
Annie and Caitlin McCullough with TU head coach Adam Jackson and assistant Anthony Braem

ROME, Ga. --- Tusculum University's Annie McCullough and Caitlin McCullough finished as the Division II runner-up in women's doubles at the ITA Cup on Saturday.

The McCullough sisters lost to the Nova Southeastern team of Natalie Espinal and Sarah Wardenburg by a score of 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 in a match that was delayed for several hours by rain before being moved indoors to the nearby Lawrence Plantation at Horseleg Creek.

In the first set the McCulloughs went ahead 4-3, then rallied from 4-5 and 5-6 deficits to force a tiebreaker, but Espinal and Wardenburg won the first six points of the tiebreaker en route to the set victory. In the second set, the McCulloughs were up 3-1 and 4-3, but Espinal and Wardenburg won the final three games to claim the Division II championship.

Annie McCullough also completed her singles competition at the ITA Cup with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Anna Savchenko of Azusa Pacific. McCullough went 2-1 during the tournament to improve her career singles record at Tusculum to 91-15.

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