Georgia Southern 5, Gardner-Webb 2
Georgia Southern 2, USC Upstate 5
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. ? The Georgia Southern women’s tennis team earned its third consecutive victory on Saturday afternoon as they defeated the Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb by a final of 5-2 in Boiling Springs.
The Eagles (3-3) took the early advantage earning the doubles point. The freshmen tandem of Melanie Rolle (Gainesville, Fla.) and Ali Beavers (Kingsport, Tenn.) defeated Beavers’ sister Amy and partner Jenny Gomez 8-6 from the No. 2 doubles position. Jessica Matlosz (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Emma Knight (Duluth, Ga.) notched their first victory together downing Allie Mills and Monica Walser 8-5.
In singles action, GSU took four of the six matches to seal the 5-2 victory. Junior Molly Maddox (Rome, Ga.) used three sets to defeat Walser 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 from the No. 4 position. Sophomore Jessica Fuller (Cartersville, Ga.) topped Allie Mills from the No. 6 singles slot in straight sets 6-0, 6-2.
“We had taken three points early on,” said GSU coach Amy Bonner. “We took the doubles point, but it was a really intense match and we had to work hard to earn the victory. Hopefully it will get us ready for tomorrow’s match with USC Upstate.”
The Eagles return to action tomorrow as they travel to Spartanburg, S.C. to compete against USC Upstate. The match is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.
Doubles:
Kriett/Gouevia (GWU) d. Kegerreis/Caforio (GSU) 8-7(9)
Rolle/Beavers (GSU) d. Gomez/Beavers (GWU) 8-6
Matlosz/Knight (GSU) d. Walser/Mills (GWU) 8-5
Singles:
Laura Kriett (GWU) d. Kristi Kegerreis (GSU) 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
Melanie Rolle (GSU) d. Jenny Gomez (GWU) 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-1
Ali Beavers (GSU) d. Rita Gouevia (GWU) 6-0, 6-0
Molly Maddox (GSU) d. Monica Walser (GWU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Amy Beavers (GWU) d. Shea Huxtable (GSU) 6-0, 6-2
Jessica Fuller (GSU) d. Allie Mills (GWU) 6-0, 6-2
SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? USC Upstate ended Georgia Southern’s three-match winning streak on Sunday afternoon, as the Spartans defeated the Eagles 5-2 at the USC Upstate Tennis Complex in Spartanburg.
The Eagles (3-4) earned the doubles point taking the early 1-0 advantage. Georgia Southern’s freshmen tandem of Melanie Rolle (Gainesville, Fla.) and Ali Beavers (Kingsport, Tenn.) earned their fourth consecutive victory and improved their doubles record to (5-2), defeating Susana Hernandez and Deniela Lovera 9-8 (7-5). Jessica Matlosz (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Emma Knight (Duluth, Ga.) notched their second victory together (2-0) downing Maria Herrera and Diana Martinez 8-4 from the No. 3 doubles position.
“I knew it was going to be a tough match for us, but we played really well,” said GSU coach Amy Bonner. “We started strong earning the doubles point, but fell to a really good USC Upstate team.”
Beavers had a strong outing posting victories in singles and doubles. In singles action, she downed Emilia Milovanovic 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) from the No. 3 singles position. Junior Molly Maddox (Rome, Ga.) gave Martinez all she could handle at the No. 4 singles slot, but fell in three sets 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 6-2. With the win USC Upstate improves to 5-1 on the season.
The Eagles return to the hard-courts Friday, February 29 as they play host to Presbyterian. The match is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m.
Doubles:
- Novo/Milovanovic (UPST) d. Kegerreis/Caforio (GSU) 8-1
- Beavers/Rolle (GSU) d. Hernandez/Lovera (UPST) 9-8 (7-5)
- Matlosz/Knight (GSU) d. Herrera/Martinez (UPST) 8-4
Singles:
- Anna Nova (UPST) d. Kristi Kegerreis (GSU) 6-2, 6-1
- Susana Hernandez (UPST) d. Melanie Rolle (GSU) 6-3, 6-2
- Ali Beavers (GSU) d. Emilia Milovanovic (UPST) 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
- Diana Martinez (UPST) d. Molly Maddox (GSU) 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 6-2
- Daniela Lovera (UPST) d. Shea Huxtable (GSU) 6-1, 6-3
- Maria Herrera (UPST) d. Jessica Fuller (GSU) 7-6 (7-4), 7-5
Davidson 7, Chattanooga 0
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- The Davidson women's tennis team opened Southern Conference play with a 7-0 win over Chattanooga on Saturday afternoon at the Knobloch Tennis Center as it swept all six singles matches and the three doubles.
Davidson won its sixth match in the past seven to improve to 7-2 on the season and start SoCon play at 1-0. The win was also the Wildcats sixth straight at home. Chattanooga fell to 4-4 overall and 0-1 in league action.
Like it has in six of his past seven matches, the Wildcats opened with a three-match sweep in doubles play to earn a 1-0 lead in team points.
The duo of senior Kelsey Linville (Columbus, Ohio) and sophomore Virginia Berry (Spartanburg, S.C.) ran their doubles record to a team-best 6-2 mark with an 8-3 triumph at No. 1.
After the No. 3 team of senior Kim Whelan (Sewickley, Pa.) and junior Lora Dushanova (Silven, Bulgaria) scored an 8-0 win at No. 3, the combo of Teresa Wang (Charlotte, N.C.) and junior Michelle Fanney (Virginia Beach, Va.) closed out the doubles portion of the match with an 8-7 win at No. 2 for their first win as a team.
Davidson then improved to 40-14 in team singles play this year with a sweep of all six singles matches to earn the 7-0 win.
Senior Meredith Skeeters (Greensboro, N.C.) led the way by winning her fifth straight match with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 5 over Annie Green.
Linville and Berry scored their fourth and fifth singles wins, respectively, on the year with straight set victories at No. 1 and 2.
Junior Dushanova scored her fourth singles win with only one defeat on the season in a victory at No. 6 singles.
Finishing out the wins in singles play was senior Whelan with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Grace Robinette at No. 4 singles and Fanney with a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 3.
The Wildcats will play their next three matches in Florida. They will first travel to Flagler College on Mar. 2 for an 11 a.m. match, followed by matches against Jacksonville and North Florida the next two days.
Davidson 7, Chattanooga 0
Singles
1. Kelsey Linville (DAV) def. Lindsey Ballard (UTC), 6-1, 6-3 2. Virginia Berry (DAV) def. Bonnie Adams (UTC), 6-0, 6-0 3. Michelle Fanney (DAV) def. Beata Knizat (UTC), 6-1, 6-1 4. Kim Whelan (DAV) def. Grace Robinette (UTC) 6-3, 6-1 5. Meredith Skeeters (DAV) def. Annie Green (UTC) 6-2, 6-2 6. Lora Dushanova (DAV) def. Arianna Sanjines (UTC) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
Linville/Berry (DAV) def. Adams/Knizat (UTC), 8-3 2. Fanney/Wang (DAV) def. Ballard/Robinette (UTC) 8-7 3. Whelan/Dushanova (DAV) def. Greens/Sanjines (UTC), 8-0
Western Carolina 2, Mercer 5
Western Carolina 0, Gardner-Webb 7
CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Western Carolina women's tennis (0-3) dropped its first home match of the season 5-2 to Mercer University (5-3) Saturday at the Catamount Sports Complex.
Mercer won the doubles point to open the match claiming victories at No. 2 and No. 3 singles. The Western Carolina doubles tandem of Trish Hanson and Tessie Salame picked up an 8-5 win at No. 1 singles.
The Catamounts also got a victory at No. 2 singles. Hanson got her second win of the day defeating Mercer's Irys Citko 6-2, 6-1.
Western Carolina will be back in action Sunday at Gardner-Webb. Match time is set for 1 p.m.
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. ? Western Carolina women’s tennis (0-4) dropped a 7-0 decision at Gardner-Webb (2-5) Sunday.
The Catamounts were swept in singles play but did get a victory at No. 1 doubles. The doubles tandem of Tessie Salame and Trish Hanson defeated Gardner-Webb’s Laura Kriett and Rita Gouveia 8-1.
Western Carolina returns to action Thursday when the Catamounts play a rescheduled game with Kennesaw State. Match time is set for 4 p.m.
Appalachian State 5, Presbyterian 2
Appalachian State 5, Mercer 2
CLINTON, S.C.- The Appalachian women’s tennis team continued its winning ways as the Mountaineers notched their third consecutive win of the 2008 season. ASU defeated Presbyterian College 5-2 on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Apps improve their record to 4-2, while the Blue Hose fall to 3-4.
At the No.1 singles spot, Monica Tomas was victorious in three sets, winning 7-5, 2-6 and 10-3. Anja Gugger was not quite was lucky at the No.2 position, as she was defeated by a tough opponent, losing 6-2 and 7-5. At the No.3 spot, Amanda Cash defeated Megan Davis of Presbyterian 6-2 and 6-3, while Heather Prior, Lindsay King and Caroline Mauch all notched wins at the No.4, No.5 and No. 6 spots respectively.
In doubles play, the Mountaineers faced solid competition and were only able to pick up one win. The duo of Heather Prior and Monica Tomas grabbed a win at the No.2 spot, as they defeated their opponent 8-1.
The Apps return to action February 24 as they take on Mercer at Noon. The match is Appalachian's home-opener of the 2008 season and will be played on the ASU tennis courts above Kidd Brewer Stadium.
BOONE, N.C.- -The Appalachian women’s tennis team played its first home match of the 2008 season against a challenging Mercer team. The weather conditions were less than ideal as the temperature was a frigid 36 degrees and snow showers late into the match caused the finals two matches to be played indoors. The Mountaineers could not quite rally to beat the Bears, as they fell 5-2. With the loss ASU ends a three match winning streak and falls to 4-3 on the season, while Mercer improves to 5-3.
Monica Tomas got action underway at the No.1 singles spot as she faced Anna Wieslander. After dropping the first set 6-0, Tomas tried to make a comeback, but ended up falling short, as she dropped the second set as well losing 6-4. At the No.2 position, senior Anja Gugger posted an impressive performance as she defeated her opponent in two sets, winning 6-4 and 6-1.
Sophomore Amanda Cash faced a strong opponent at the No.3 spot, and lost in two sets 6-1 and 6-1. Teammate Heather Prior tried to help the Mountaineers as she came back after being down 4-0 in the first set to defeat Cali Sachs in two sets winning 6-4 and 6-0.
The final two singles matches were quite intense as Lindsay King battled Karen Bellman at the No.5 singles position and Caroline Mauch put up a solid effort against Kelly Blount at the No.6 spot. Both King and Mauch rallied from behind to push the matches into three sets, however after one game into the third set heavy snow fall began and both matches were moved indoors. Both King and Mauch ended up dropping the final sets to their opponents as King lost 6-3, 6-7 and 6-4, while Mauch fell 2-6, 6-4 and 6-4.
Doubles action proved once again to be the Achilles heel of the Apps as they were unable to pick up the one point in doubles play. At the No.1 spot, Gugger/Cash fell to Wieslander/Dias 8-4 and at the No.3 position, and the duo of Cook/King were overpowered by their opponents as they were defeated 8-0. The only doubles partner to grab a win for ASU was Tomas/Prior who won 8-5.
After three matches in three days, Appalachian will take a break until Saturday March 1, as the Mountaineers play in their second home match of the season against East Carolina. The match is set to begin at 10 a.m..
College of Charleston 6, North Florida 1
Jacksonville, Fla. -- The College of Charleston women's tennis team won five of six singles matches en route to a 6-1 win over North Florida in women's tennis action on Sunday.
With the win, the Cougars improved to 6-1 on the season. The Cougar's women's team is in action again on Saturday, March 1 when they host Southern Conference foe Western Carolina (10:30 a.m.) and Samford (3:00) at the Patriots Point Tennis Complex.
In women's singles play, Laura Borza downed Vanessa Sanchez 7-6, 1-6, 1-0 at No. 2 singles, Link Leskosky beat Ina Durcakova 7-5, 6-1 at No. 3 singles, Holly Dowse defeated Maria Melihova 6-4, 6-0, Anna Lee Evans beat Victoria Krook 6-3, 6-1 at No. 5 singles and Amanda Becker earned a 7-6, 4-6, 1-0 win over Carolina Melo at No. 6 singles. The Cougars swept the doubles point including an 8-4 win by Borza and Leskosky at No. 1
UNCG 2, Indiana 5
UNCG 4, Longwood 2
GREENSBORO, NC ? UNC Greensboro split a pair of women’s tennis matches this weekend, dropping a 5-2 decision to No. 27 Indiana late Saturday night before bouncing back to down Longwood on Sunday afternoon, 4-2, in a rain-shortened victory.
In Sunday’s win over Longwood, UNCG got straight set wins from Alejandra Guerra, Erica Zabkar and Jess Eblen to jump out to an early lead. Longwood won two singles matches before Britney Cloer rallied to put the match away. Cloer had lost her opening set to Mason Davis, 6-2. But she came back to win the second, 6-1, and then won the third set in a tiebreaker, 7-6 with a 7-3 score in the breaker.
Late Saturday night in Winston-Salem, the Spartans gave the 27th-ranked Hoosiers fits for most of the night. After Indiana dominated three doubles’ pro-sets, UNCG earned wins at Nos. 1 and 2 singles and took the Hoosiers to a decisive third set at Nos. 4 and 5. Alejandra Guerra topped Alba Berdala in the first flight, 7-6 and 6-4. Arielle VonStrolley won at second flight, rallying to top Katya Zapadalova, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1.
An upset was looming when Britney Cloer and Erica Zabkar went to a third set in their matches. Cloer lost her opening set, 6-4, to Greensboro native Lindsey Stuckey before winning the second set, 6-2. Stuckey, however, won the decisive third, 6-3. Zabkar, meanwhile, had won her opening set 6-3, over Brianna Williams. But Williams roared back to win the next two, 6-3 and 6-0.
UNCG returns to action on Friday when the Spartans host East Carolina at 2 pm.
AGATE
Saturday’s late match
No. 27 Indiana 5, UNCG 2
Singles: Alejandra Guerra (UNCG) def. Alba Berdala 7-6 (7-4), 6-4; Arielle VonStrolley (UNCG) def. Katya Zapadalova 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; Charlotte Martin (IU) def. Valerie Behr 6-0, 6-1; Lindsey Stuckey (IU) def. Britney Cloer 6-4, 6-2, 6-3; Brianna Williams (IU) def. Erica Zabkar 3-6, 6-3, 6-0; Myriam Sopel (IU) def. Courtney Akel 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: Berdala/Zapadalova (IU) def. Guerra/VonStrolley 8-2; Sigrid Fischer/Stuckey (IU) def. Behr/Cloer 8-4; Williams/Sopel (IU) def. Eblen/Zabkar 8-0.
Sunday’s match
UNCG 4, Longwood 2
Singles: Alejandra Guerra (UNCG) def. Zosfia Jakab 6-1, 6-0; Elena Trieskorn (LU) def. Arielle VonStrolley 6-1, 6-3; Laura Simon (LU) def. Valerie Behr 2-6, 6-2, 6-4; Britney Cloer (UNCG) def. Mason Davis 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-3); Erica Zabkar (UNCG) def. Brittany Huddleston 6-0, 6-3; Jessica Eblen (UNCG) def. Nasim Moadab 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles: cancelled by rain