Davidson 6, Elon 1
DAVIDSON, N.C. - After a two week break from action, the Davidson women’s tennis team returned to the hardcourts in impressive fashion as the Wildcats defeated Elon 6-1 in their SoCon opener Tuesday afternoon. Davidson improves to 9-4 overall and 1-0 in league play while the Phoenix fall to 7-7 and 0-2.
Like their first eight wins of the 2007 campaign, the Wildcats jumped out to a 1-0 lead after grabbing the doubles point. The top-seeded duo of Kelsey Linville and Kim Whelan defeated Elon?s Deanna Bailey and Jenn Tucci, 8-5, while Davidson freshmen Teresa Wang and Virginia Berry won by an identical margin to take the point.
In singles competition, Michele Fanney (6-1, 6-4), Berry (6-1, 6-3), Wang (6-0, 6-2), Whelan (6-0, 6-2) and Lora Dushanova (6-1, 6-2) cruised by their opponents in straight sets, while the Phoenix? only mark came from Bailey at the top spot in three frames.
Davidson returns to action tomorrow afternoon when it hosts the Portland Pilots at 3 p.m. Elon will take on Iowa State Saturday, March 17 in Cary, N.C., at 11 a.m.
Davidson 6, Elon 1
Singles
Deanna Bailey (ELON) def. Kelsey Linville (DAV), 6-4, 3-6, 3-10 Michele Fanney (DAV) def. Jenn Tucci (ELON), 6-1, 6-4 Virginia Berry (DAV) def. Paige Kensrue (ELON), 6-1, 6-3 Teresa Wang (DAV) def. Kelley Moore (ELON), 6-0, 6-2 Kim Whelan (DAV) def. Whitney Butcher (ELON), 6-0, 6-2 Lora Dushanova (DAV) def. Francie Rudolph (ELON), 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
Linville/Whelan (DAV) def. Bailey/Tucci (DAV), 8-5 Wang/Berry (DAV) def. Butcher/Kensrue (DAV), 8-5 Moore/Wahl (ELON) def. Fanney/Dushanova (DAV), 8-3
Eastern Kentucky 5, Appalachian State 2
March 13, 2007 - ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.--Eastern Kentucky defeated the Appalachian State women's tennis team, 5-2, in St. Augustine on Tuesday. The loss drops ASU to 6-5.
Mallory Cook and Anna Cotten each won in the singles for ASU, which lost the doubles point 2-1. Cook, in her first singles match since Feb. 8, won 7-5, 6-3 at No. 5 to improve to 3-1. Cotten won 8-2 at No. 6 for her fifth straight singles victory.
Monica Tomas returned to the No. 1 spot for ASU in the singles, losing a 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (8-6), 2-6 heartbreaker.
Eastern Kentucky 5, Appalachian State 2
Singles competition
1. Svetlana Pimenova (EKU) def. Monica Tomas (ASU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (6-8), 6-2
2. Lucia Vojtkova (EKU) def. Lauren Holton (ASU) 6-3, 6-4
3. Alexandra Sitnikova (EKU) def. Amanda Cash (ASU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Jemma Euers (EKU) def. Caroline Mauch (ASU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-0
5. Mallory Cook (ASU) def. Casie Phillips (EKU) 7-5, 6-3
6. Anna Cotten (ASU) def. Page Ashby (EKU) 8-2
Doubles competition
1. Svetlana Pimenova/Alexandra Sitnikova (EKU) def. Anja Gugger/Amanda Cash (ASU) 8-2
2. Jemma Euers/Lucia Vojtkova (EKU) def. Lauren Holton/Monica Tomas (ASU) 8-3
3. Mallory Cook/Caroline Mauch (ASU) def. Page Ashby/Casie Phillips (EKU) 8-5
Portland 6, UNC Greensboro 1
GREENSBORO, NC ? University of Portland won two tight singles matches and two tight doubles pro-sets to come away with a 6-1 win over host UNC Greensboro in women’s tennis action Tuesday afternoon.
The Pilots (8-4) won a pair of doubles pro-sets by 9-7 scores and then pulled out a pair of three set wins for the win. Jenna Tanzer won a three-setter over Whitney Miles, 7-5, 6-7, 1-0, including a 10-5 decision in the third-set tiebreaker. Meanwhile, Anna Gullickson pulled out a three-set win over Valerie Behr at No. 5 singles, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0, including
10-8 in the tiebreaker.
UNC Greensboro’s lone point of the afternoon came when Arielle VonStrolley defeated Christina Feyen at No. 1 singles in three sets, winning the opener 6-1, losing the second set 6-3, but pulling out the third set 7-5.
The Spartans (5-4) return to action with a Southern Conference match on Saturday when they face Wofford in Spartanburg, SC beginning at 12 noon.
AGATE
Singles: Arielle VonStrolley (UNCG) def. Christina Feyen 6-1, 3-6, 7-5; Megan Sporndli (P) def. Erica Zabkar 6-3, 6-1; Jenna Tanzer (P) def.
Whitney Miles 7-5, 6-7, 1-0 (10-5); Lindsay Griffin (P) def. Courtney Akel 7-6, 6-3; Anna Gullickson (P) def. Valerie Behr 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8); Audree Jenks (P) def. Jess Eblen 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles: Sporndli/Tanzer (P) def. VonStrolley/Zabkar 9-7; Behr/Eblen (UNCG) def. Griffin/Jenks, 8-6; Feyen/Kennel (P) def. Akel/Miles 9-7.