On a bright, sunny Saturday afternoon the Lady Flames tennis team got back on the winning side with an 8-1 defeat of visiting Reinhardt University at the DeVos Tennis Center.

Tonya Walters and Tarah Garner put the Lady Flames (3-4) on the winning track with an 8-2 victory over Diana Nariño and Alyssa Kroll at No. 1 doubles. Reinhardt evened the score at 1-1 after Alyssa Seibold and Tara Mathis edged Maclain Yowarsky and Christy North, 8-6.

Jodie Rice and Kelsey Lovingood teamed up for an 8-5 win at No. 3 doubles to give Lee a 2-1 lead following doubles play.

Walters and Garner won their singles matches in straight sets after dropping just one game each.

Rice earned a three-set win over Maria Bejarano. Rice won the first set 6-1, lost the second set 6-3 and claimed the match with a 6-1 mark in the final set.

Yowarski finished a straight-set victory at No. 4 singles after outlasting Kroll 7-5 in the second set. North defeated Seibold 6-1 and 6-4.

Katie North held off Lindsay McCutchen, 6-1, 6-3 at No. 6 singles.

The Lady Flames will be in action Tuesday afternoon against Tennessee Wesleyan College. The non-conference match is scheduled for a 2 p.m. start at the DeVos Tennis Center.

Lady Flames 8, Reinhardt 1

Singles

Tonya Walters (LEE) def. Diana Nariño 6-1, 6-0

Tarah Garner (LEE) def. Tara Mathis 6-0, 6-1

Jodie Rice (LEE) def. Maria Bejarano 6-1, 3-6, 6-1

Maclain Yowarski (LEE) def. Alyssa Kroll 6-2, 7-5

Christy North (LEE) def. Alyssa Siebold 6-1, 6-4

Katie North (LEE ) def. Lindsay McCutchen 6-1, 6-3

Doubles

Walters/Garner (LEE) def. Nariño/Kroll 8-2

Seibold/Mathis (RU) def. Yowarski/C. North 8-6

Rice/Kelsey Lovingood (LEE) def. Bejarano/McCutchen 8-5