#9 Chattanooga def. #8 Elon 4-1

 

CHARLESTON, SC ? The ninth-seeded Chattanooga Lady Mocs topped eighth-seeded Greensboro 4-1 in the first round of the 2006 Southern Conference Women’s Tennis Championship. The Lady Mocs improve to 11-13 while the Phoenix conclude the 2006 season at 8-13.

 

Chattanooga took the doubles point to start off the match. Anastasia Zhukova and Lindsey Ballard topped Elon’s Elizabeth Kernodle and Whitney Butcher 8-1 at No. 1 doubles. The Lady Mocs’ No. 3 team of Talita Bragato and Beata Knizat defeated Alli Benton and Katie Nicholson 8-2 to clinch the doubles point.

 

In singles action, Zhukova defeated Kelly Fleck at No.1 singles 6-1, 6-2, while Knizat defeated Benton 6-3, 6-0, at the No. 5 position. Chattanooga’s Maureen Paris picked up the final point for the Lady Mocs with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 6 singles.

 

Chattanooga will now take on top-seeded Furman at 8:30 am on Friday, April 21 at the Farmfield Tennis Center in Charleston, SC.

 

 

No. 9 Chattanooga 4, No. 8 Elon 1

Singles

No. 1 Anastasia Zhukova (Chattanooga) def. Kelly Fleck (Elon), 6-1, 6-2

No. 2 Lindsey Ballard (Chattanooga) vs. Elizabeth Kernodle (Elon), DNF

No. 3 Bonnie Adams (Chattanooga) vs. Melissa Holland (Elon), DNF

No. 4 Whitney Butcher (Elon) def. Talita Bragato (Chattanooga), 6-1, 6-0

No. 5 Beata Knizat (Chattanooga) def. Alli Benton (Elon), 6-3, 6-0

No. 6 Maureen Paris (Chattanooga) def. Katie Nicholson, 6-4, 6-2

 

Doubles

No. 1 Zhukova/Ballard (Chattanooga) def. Kernodle/Butcher (Elon), 8-1

No. 2 Holland/Fleck (Elon) def. Paris/Adams (Chattanooga), 8-3

No. 3 Bragato/Knizat (Chattanooga) def. Benton/Nicholson (Elon), 8-2

 

#7 Georgia Southern def. #10 Western Carolina 4-0

 

CHARLESTON, SC ? The seventh-seeded Georgia Southern Eagles defeated the tenth-seeded Western Carolina Catamounts, 4-0, in the first round of the 2006 Southern Conference Women’s Tennis Championships. The Eagles improve to 7-14 while the Catamounts conclude the 2006 season at 3-18.

 

Georgia Southern took the doubles point to start off the match, with Kimberley Wollett and Heather Reynolds defeating Western’s Tricia Hanson and Mariona Trilla Jane 5-3 at No. 1 doubles. The Eagles’ No. 2 team of Szilvia Zsakay and Jessica Matlosz defeated Susanna Sjokvist and Holly Stocks 8-3 to clinch the doubles point.

 

The Eagles used wins at the No. 4 and No. 5 positions to clinch the sweep over the Catamounts.

Georgia Southern’s Wollett defeated Stocks 6-0, 6-1 at the No.4 position, while Reynolds defeated Carley Abbott 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5. The Eagles won at the No. 6 position by virtue of default.

 

Georgia Southern will now take on second-seeded Davidson at 12:30 pm on Friday, April 21 at the Farmfield Tennis Center in Charleston, SC.

 

No. 7 Georgia Southern 4, No. 10 Western Carolian 0

Singles

No.1 Szilvia Zsakay (Georgia Southern) vs. Tricia Hanson (Western Carolina), DNF

No.2 Molly Maddox (Georgia Southern) vs. Susanna Sjokvist (Western Carolina), DNF

No.3 Lauren Wolken (Georgia Southern) vs. Mariona Trilla Jane (Western Carolina), DNF

No.4 Kimberly Wollett (Georgia Southern) def. Holly Stocks (Western Carolina), 6-0, 6-1

No.5 Heather Reynolds (Georgia Southern) def. Carley Abbott (Western Carolina), 6-0, 6-0

No.6 Shea Huxtable (Georgia Southern) win by default

 

Doubles

No. 1 Wollett/Reynolds (Georgia Southern) def. Hanson/Trilla Jane (Western Carolina), 5-3

No. 2 Zsakay/Matlosz (Georgia Southern) def. Sjokvist/Stocks (Western Carolina), 8-3

No. 3 Huxtable/Emma Knight (Georgia Southern) win by default