College of Charleston 7, Appalachian State 0
Mt. Pleasant, S.C. ? The College of Charleston women’s tennis team swept Appalachian State, 7-0, at the Patriots Point Tennis Center in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. on Sunday. The Cougars didn’t drop a set and have won four of its last five matches.
The victory improves CofC to 12-5 overall and 3-0 in the SoCon, while Appalachian State drops to 7-7 and 0-2 in the Southern Conference.
The Cougars earned one team point by winning all three of the doubles matches. The team of Holly Dowse and Anna Lee Evans won its fourth consecutive doubles match and 12th of the season with an 8-4 victory over Anna Cotton and Frances Blanton of App. State in the No. 3 doubles match. The CofC doubles team of Laura Borza and Maxine Capewell improved to 9-4 on the season with an 8-4 triumph over Caroline Mauch and Monica Tomas of App. State in the No. 2 doubles match. Chelsea Albertz and Link Leskosky grabbed the other doubles match win for Charleston in an 8-3 win over Amanda Cash and Lauren Holton in the No. 1 doubles match.
CofC won all six singles matches to earn the win. Borza won her sixth consecutive singles match of the season and improved to 12-3 with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Cash in the No. 3 singles match. CofC’s Amanda Becker also improved her singles record to 11-2 with an impressive 6-0, 6-0 win over Cotton in the No. 6 singles match. She has won nine out of her last ten singles matches. Albertz, Leskosky, Evans and Dowse also earned singles wins for the Cougars.
CofC will return to action on Mar. 30 at Elon in Elon, N.C. beginning at 2 p.m. Appalachian State will host Furman in its next match on Mar. 28 beginning at 2:30 p.m.
Here were the final results of the match:
Tennis Match Results
Appalachian State vs. College of Charleston
Mar. 25, 2007 at Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
College of Charleston 7, Appalachian State 0
Singles competition
1. Chelsea Albertz (COFC) def. Monica Tomas (ASU) 6-3, 6-2
2. Link Leskosky (COFC) def. Lauren Holton (ASU) 6-3, 6-0
3. Laura Borza (COFC) def. Amanda Cash (ASU) 6-1, 6-0
4. Anna Lee Evans (COFC) def. Frances Blanton (ASU) 6-2, 6-0
5. Holly Dowse (COFC) def. Caroline Mauch (ASU) 6-2, 6-0
6. Amanda Becker (COFC) def. Anna Cotten (ASU) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Chelsea Albertz/Link Leskosky (COFC) def. Amanda Cash/Lauren Holton (ASU) 8-3
2. Maxine Capewell/Laura Borza (COFC) def. Caroline Mauch/Monica Tomas (ASU) 8-4
3. Anna Lee Evans/Holly Dowse (COFC) def. Frances Blanton/Anna Cotten (ASU) 8-1
Match Notes:
Appalachian State 7-7, 0-2 SoCon
College of Charleston 12-5, 3-0 SoCon
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (3,5,6,1,2,4)
East Tennessee State 7, UNC Greensboro 0
GREENSBORO, NC ? East Tennessee State won five of six singles matches in straight sets on its way to a 7-0 win over UNC Greensboro in women’s tennis action Sunday afternoon.
The Spartans (7-7) only won one set on the afternoon. That came at No. 6 singles where Jess Eblen won the opening set over Whitney Trotter, 6-4, but then lost the second set, 6-2, and lost the 10-point tiebreaker, 10-2.
UNCG will look to bounce back when it returns to conference play on Wednesday at Elon. The match is slated for 3 pm.
AGATE
East Tennessee State 7, UNCG 0
Singles: Masha Ilina (ETSU) def. Arielle Von Strolley 6-4, 6-4; Yevgeniya Stupak (ETSU) def. Erica Zabkar 6-3, 6-1; Olya Batsula (ETSU) def. Whitney Miles 6-4, 6-2; Tara Byrne (ETSU) def. Courtney Akel 6-3, 6-1; Elena Volobueva (ETSU) def. Valerie Behr 6-2, 6-3; Whitney Trotter (ETSU) def.
Jess Eblen 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-2).
Doubles: Ilina/Batsula (ETSU) def. Von Strolley/Zabkar 8-3; Stupak/Volobueva (ETSU) def. Behr/Eblen 8-6; Byrne/Vita Moskaliova (ETSU) def. Miles/Akel 8-4.
Chattanooga 4, Wofford 3
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- The Wofford women's tennis team won three of the five contested singles matches but could not overcome Chattanooga in dropping a 4-3 decision Sunday afternoon at the Reeves Tennis Center in Spartanburg, S.C.
The Lady Mocs began the match by claiming the doubles point after securing a win at the No. 1 slot. Wofford's No. 2 doubles pairing of junior Adriane Hodges and sophomore Cayley Wetzig, however, earned its fifth victory in as many tries with an 8-4 decision against Bonnie Adams and Beata Knizat. The point fell in Chattanooga's (5-11, 1-3 SoCon) favor after the Terriers had to forfeit the No. 3 contest.
Wetzig was one of three Wofford (4-8, 2-4 SoCon) players to garner a singles triumph. She posted a 6-2, 6-1 victory at the No. 3 position against Knizat. Freshman Sabrina Smyers also tallied a straight-set win in her 6-3, 6-2 victory over Samantha Duggan in the No. 5 tilt.
Fellow rookie McKenzie Carson rallied for a three-set win in the No. 4 match against Adams. Carson dropped the first set then rebounded for a 4-6, 7-6, 10-4 triumph. The wins by Wetzig and Carson tie the pair with sophomore Merry Ellen Henry for the team lead in singles victories with seven.
"Today's match against Chattanooga was disappointing for us," noted head coach Rod Ray. "To their credit, they did a very good job and were better than we were today. Although I think we can play better, I am pleased with our level of effort. We are continuing to make progress in many areas and I still think we are much improved from a month ago. McKenzie, in particular, played a great singles match today."
Today's contest concluded a six-match homestand for the Terriers. They will next hit the road for their next three matchups, beginning at 2 p.m. Friday in Atlanta, Ga., versus Georgia State.
Chattanooga 4, Wofford 3
Singles
No. 1 #46 Anastasia Zhukova (UTC) def. Merry Ellen Henry (WOF), 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 Lindsey Ballard (UTC) def. Adriane Hodges (WOF), 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 Cayley Wetzig (WOF) def. Beata Knizat (UTC), 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 McKenzie Carson (WOF) def. Bonnie Adams (UTC), 4-6, 7-6, 10-4
No. 5 Sabrina Smyers (WOF) def. Samantha Duggan (UTC), 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 Celeste Nicholson (UTC) won by default
Doubles
No. 1 Ballard/Zhukova (UTC) def. Carson/Henry (WOF), 8-2
No. 2 Hodges/Wetzig (WOF) def. Adams/Knizat (UTC), 8-4
No. 3 Duggan/Nicholson (UTC) won by default
Georgia Southern 6, Western Carolina 1
CULLOWHEE, N.C. ? Western Carolina women’s tennis (4-8, 0-5 SOCON) fell to Southern Conference rival Georgia Southern (6-7, 3-2 SOCON) 6-1 Sunday at the Catamount Athletic Complex.
The Catamounts got a boost in doubles as Trish Hanson and Amanda Massey got a win at No. 1 doubles defeating Georgia Southern’s Molly Maddox and Christine Caforio 8-6. Georgia Southern won at No. 1 doubles and an illness on the Catamount’s No. 3 doubles team forced the club to forfeit and give Georgia Southern the doubles point.
Hanson also picked up a win at No. 1 singles. She posted a victory over Maddox 6-4, 6-4. Massey went to the tiebreaker with Heather Reynolds, winning the first game 7-4, but dropping game two 6-4 and then the tiebreaker 10-7.
The Catamounts return to action on Wednesday when the team travels to Winston-Salem, N.C. to take on Winston-Salem State. Match time is set for 2:30 p.m.