UNC Greensboro 6, Elon 1

GREENSBORO, NC ? UNC Greensboro won five of six singles matches and swept the three doubles pro-sets on its way to a 6-1 win over Elon in Southern Conference women’s tennis match Tuesday afternoon.

The Spartans earned straight-set wins by Lisa Suggs, Whitney Miles, Erica Zabkar and Sophie Rychlik. Rychlik had the easiest time, defeating Alli Benton, 6-0, 6-2. UNCG’s Lourdes Moran also rallied after losing the first set to pick-up a three-set win.

Elon’s lone win on the afternoon came at No. 2 singles where Kelly Fleck defeated Emily Wade in three sets, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1.

UNCG hits the road for a pair of SoCon matches this weekend, beginning with a match at College of Charleston on Saturday at 10 am.

AGATE

SINGLES: Lisa Suggs (UNCG) def. Evin Prelec 6-2, 7-5; Kelly Fleck (E) def. Emily Wade 6-0, 4-6, 6-1; Whitney Miles (UNCG) def. Elizabeth Kernodle 6-3, 7-5; Erica Zabkar (UNCG) def. Whitney Butcher 6-2, 7-5; Lourdes Moran (UNCG) def. Melissa Holland 1-6, 7-5, 6-4; Sophie Rychlik (UNCG) def. Alli Benton 6-0, 6-2.

DOUBLES: Suggs/Wade (UNCG) def. Prelec/Fleck 8-6; Moran/Rychlik (UNCG) def. Kernodle/Holland 8-4; Miles/Zabkar (UNCG) def. Butcher/Benton 8-7 (10-4).

College of Charleston 6, Bucknell 1

The College of Charleston won all but one singles match and swept the doubles to take the 6-1 victory over the Bucknell Bison in women’s tennis action this afternoon at the tennis center at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

The College of Charleston improves to 5-7 on the year, while Bucknell drops to 2-2.

Charleston swept all three doubles matches to take the doubles point and took all but one singles matches in straight sets. The lone loss was at number six where Kelsey Darnell fell to JoAnna Grossman 6-4, 6-2. Albertz played at number one for the first time this season and defeated Veronica Brown 6-4, 6-2.

The Bison travel to Charleston Southern Wednesday, March 15th for a 1:00 PM match with the Bucs, while the Cougars host Southern Illinois at 2:30 PM.