College of Charleston 7, Jacksonville State 0
Daniel Island, S.C. -- Link Leskosky, Holly Dowse, Amanda Becker and Kinsey Casey recorded straight set victories in singles play leading College of Charleston to a 7-0 women's college tennis win over Jacksonville State at the Family Circle Cup Tennnis Center on Monday.
Charleston, which plays host to UMass (12:30) and Northern Iowa (5:00) at the College of Charleston Tennis Center at Patriots Point on Wednesday, improved to 13-2 on the season. Jacksonville State fell to 4-7.
After Charleston swept three matches to earn the doubles point, Leskosky beat Viviane Marani 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1 singles, Dowse downed Eloah Lopes 7-5, 6-2 at No. 3, Becker beat Kristen Fuller 6-3, 6-0 at No. 5 and Casey cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 decision at No. 6 singles.
Chelsea Albertz defeated Martina Dessbesell 7-6, 6-7, 1-0 at No. 2 singles, while Anna Lee Evans earned a 6-4, 2-6, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles play.
Georgia Southern 5, Appalachian State 2
BOONE, N.C. ? Slight adjustments helped the Georgia Southern women’s tennis team notch their eighth victory of the season, as the Eagles ousted Appalachian State by a 5-2 decision on Monday afternoon at the ASU Tennis Courts in Boone.
The Eagles (8-7, 2-3 SoCon) switched up their doubles lineup playing the freshmen tandem of Ali Beavers (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Melanie Rolle (Gainesville, Fla.) at the No. 1 seed. The duo registered their 11th victory of the season defeating the Mountaineers Mallory Cook and Anja Gugger by a final of 8-2. Kristi Kegerreis (Fairfax, Va.) and Christine Caforio (Acworth, Ga.) cruised by Appalachian State’s tandem of Heather Prior and Monica Thomas winning by a score of 8-2.
GSU tallied four singles victories helping them earn their second SoCon victory of the season. Beavers recorded her 11th singles victory of the season downing Thomas from the No. 3 position in straight sets 6-2, 6-0. Rolle earned her 10th dual victory of the year taking down Prior 6-4, 6-3, while Kegerreis dropped Gugger 6-3, 6-4 from the No. 1 seed. Caforio was successful from the No. 5 slot defeating Elizabeth Holland 3-6, 6-4, 14-12.
Georgia Southern returns to the hard-courts Saturday, March 29, as they play host to Davidson. The match is slated for a 2 p.m. start.
Doubles:
Beavers/Rolle (GSU) d. Cook/Gugger (ASU) 8-2
Kegerreis/Caforio (GSU) d. Prior/Thomas (ASU) 8-2
Cash/King (ASU) d. Matlosz/Knight (GSU) 8-3
Singles:
Kristi Kegerreis (GSU) d. Anja Gugger (ASU) 6-3, 6-4
Melanie Rolle (GSU) d. Heather Prior (ASU) 6-4, 6-3
Ali Beavers (GSU) d. Monica Thomas (ASU) 6-2, 6-0
Amanda Cash (ASU) d. Molly Maddox (GSU) 6-3, 6-3
Christine Caforio (GSU) d. Elizabeth Holland (ASU) 3-6, 6-4, 14-12
Lindsay King (ASU) d. Jessica Fuller (GSU) 7-6, 6-2