UNC Greensboro 5, UNC Wilmington 2

WILMINGTON, NC ? UNC Greensboro won five of the six singles matches, including a pair of three-set thrillers to clinch a 5-2 win over in-state rival UNC Wilmington in women’s tennis action Tuesday night.

 

Erica Zabkar, Courtney Akel and Jess Eblen each won singles matches in straight sets. However, it was three-set wins by Arielle VonStrolley and Whitney Miles that put the win away.

 

VonStrolley defeated Molly Molony 6-3 in the opening set, but dropped the second to Molony, 6-2. VonStrolley, however, rallied to win the decisive third set, 7-5. In addition, Miles defeated Kayla Schwenk 6-4 in the opener, lost a second set tiebreaker, before topping Schwenk in the third, 6-4.

 

The Spartans return to action on Saturday when they visit Western Carolina for a Southern Conference match at 1 pm.

 

 

AGATE

Doubles

1. Lauren Isenhour-Kayla Schwenk (UNCW) d. Arielle VonStrolley-Erica Zabkar (UNCG), 8-6

2. Molly Molony- Priscilla Roberts (UNCW) d. Valerie Behr-Jess Eblen (UNCG), 9-8 (8)

3. Courtney Akel-Whitney Miles (UNCG) d. Cassie Martin-Jamie deGraffenreid (UNCW), 9-7

 

Singles

1. Arielle VonStrolley (UNCG) d. Molly Molony (UNCW), 6-3, 2-6, 7-5

2. Erica Zabkar (UNCG) d. Priscilla Roberts (UNCW), 6-3, 6-3

3. Whitney Miles (UNCG) d. Kayla Schwenk (UNCW), 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4

4. Courtney Akel (UNCG) d. Cassie Martin (UNCW), 7-6 (4), 6-4

5. Lauren Isenhour (UNCW) d. Valerie Behr (UNCG), 6-0, 6-1

6. Jess Eblen (UNCG) d. Hartley Collins (UNCW), 6-0, 6-2

 

College of Charleston 7, Jacksonville State 0

Mt. Pleasant, S.C. - The College of Charleston women's tennis team swept Jacksonville State, 7-0, at the Patriots Point Tennis Center in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. on Tuesday.  The win snaps the Cougars' three-match losing streak.

 

The victory improves the Cougars' record to 9-4 overall, while the Gamecocks fall to 8-7.

 

The Cougars won all nine of their matches without dropping a set. 

 

CofC won all three of the doubles matches to earn one team point.  The doubles team of Holly Dowse and Anna Lee Evans improved to 9-3 on the season with an impressive 8-0 victory over Kimberly Ferris and Layla Abby of Jacksonville State in the #2 doubles match. 

 

Amanda Becker improved to 8-1 on the season in singles matches with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Abby in the #5 singles match.  Chelsea Albertz, Link Leskosky, Laura Borza, Amanda Becker and Maxine Capewell were the other Cougars to win singles matches.

 

CofC will return to action on Mar. 22 against Bradley and Charleston Southern at the Patriots Point Tennis Center beginning at 1 p.m.  Jacksonville State will host Mercer in Jacksonville, Fla. on Mar. 28 beginning at 1:30 p.m.

 

Tennis Match Results

Jacksonville State vs. College of Charleston

Mar. 20, 2007 at Mt. Pleasant, S.C

 

College of Charleston 7, Jacksonville State 0

 

Singles Competition:

1.      Chelsea Albertz (COFC) def. Erin Higgs (JVST) 6-4, 6-2

2.      Link Leskosky (COFC) def. Kimberly Ferris (JVST) 6-1, 6-3

3.      Laura Borza (COFC) def. Eloah Lopes (JVST) 6-2, 6-0

4.      Holly Dowse (COFC) def. Babette Lombardo (JVST) 6-1, 6-0

5.      Amanda Becker (COFC) def. Layla Abby (JVST) 6-2, 6-3

6.      Maxine Capewell (COFC) def. Adrianna Borda (JVST) 6-1, 6-2

 

Doubles Competition (for one team point):

1.      Borza/Capewell (COFC) def. Higgs/Lombardo (JVST) 8-0

2.      Dowse/Anna Lee Evans (COFC) def. Ferris/Abby (JVST) 8-0

3.      Albertz/Howard (COFC) def. Lopes/Laura Lundy (JVST) 8-2

 

Georgia State 6, Chattanooga women 1

UTC Tennis Complex, Chattanooga, Tenn.

 

Singles (played first)

1. No. 46 Anastasia Zhukova (UTC) def. Dariana Kozmina (GSU), 6-2, 6-2

2. Martina Nitkova (GSU) def. Lindsey Ballard (UTC), 6-1, 7-5

3. Rachel Malina (GSU) def. Beata Knizat (UTC), 7-5, 6-1

4. Emma Stahl-Johansson (GSU) def. Bonnie Adams (UTC), 7-5, 7-6

5. Mateja Podgorsek (GSU) def. Samantha Duggan (UTC), 6-1, 6-1

6. Kiera Strickland (GSU) def. Kate Ksiezopolski (UTC), 6-0, 6-2

 

Doubles (for one team point)
1. Ballard-Knizat (UTC) def. Kozmina-Malina (GSU), 8-6

2. Nitkova-Strickland (GSU) def. Adams-Duggan (UTC), 8-3

3. Podgorsek-Brittany Smith (GSU) def. Ksiezopolski-Nicholson (UTC), 8-3

 

Team records:  UTC (4-11); Georgia State (7-7)