Davidson 4, East Carolina 3

 

GREENVILLE, N.C. - Michele Fanney (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Teresa Wang'(Charlotte, N.C.) s 8-5 victory over Hannah Priest and Varinia Soler in a No. 2 doubles match earned the Wildcats' opening point and eventually proved to be the difference as Davidson edged No. 73 East Carolina 4-3 in non-conference women's tennis action Friday afternoon at the ECU Tennis Complex.

 

The Wildcats, who extended their consecutive match win streak to three straight, improved to 11-3 on the year while the Lady Pirates, ranked No. 73 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Poll, fell to 12-3.

 

After sophomore Virginia Berry (Spartanburg, S.C.) and Kelsey Linville (Columbus, Ohio) opened doubles play with an 8-2 win at the No. 1 slot, East Carolina evened the ledger when Luiza Borges and Mireia Gol defeated Lora Dushanova (Silven Bulgaria) and Kim Whelan (Sewickley, Pa.) 8-4 at No. 3.

 

Fanney and Wang closed out the doubles triumph to give the Wildcats an early 1-0 team lead.

 

Linville finished 2-0 on the day with a singles win over Jessica Cook at No.

1 by the score of 6-2, 6-1, while Wang also added a victory in singles action at No. 6, her first at that position on the year.

 

Senior Meredith Skeeters (Greensboro, N.C.), fresh off Southern Conference Player of the Week honors, continued to roll in singles play with her 10th straight win in a row to finish off the scoring for Davidson. Skeeters is

10-1 on the year and remains a perfect 4-0 at the No. 5 singles position.

 

Davidson takes a few days off before continuing its four-match road swing with back-to-back SoCon matches at Georgia Southern (Mar. 29) and College of Charleston (Mar. 30) at 2 and 12 p.m.

 

 

DAVIDSON 4, No. 73 EAST CAROLINA 3

 

Singles Play

No. 1 ­ Kelsey Linville (DAV) def. Jessica Cook (ECU); 6-2, 6-1 No. 2 ­ Varinia Soler (ECU) def. Virginia Berry (DAV); 6-1, 7-5 No. 3 ­ Mireia Gol (ECU) def. Michele Fanney (DAV); 6-1, 6-2 No. 4 ­ Brooke Walter (ECU) def. Kim Whelan (DAV); 6-4, 7-5 No. 5 ­ Meredith Skeeters (DAV) def. Luiza Borges (ECU); 6-3, 6-0 No. 6 ­ Teresa Wang (DAV) def. Hannah Priest (ECU); 6-0, 6-0

 

Doubles Play

No. 1 ­ Berry/Linville (DAV) def. Alex Smith/Walter (ECU); 8-2 No. 2 ­ Fanney/Wang (DAV) def. Priest/Soler (ECU); 8-5 No. 3 ­ Borges/Gol (ECU) def. Lora Dushanova/Whelan (DAV); 8-4

 

 

 

 

UNC Greensboro 4, Charlotte 3

 

GREENSBORO, NC ? Britney Cloer rallied to top Candace Cunningham at No. 4 singles to clinch the match as UNC Greensboro topped Charlotte, 4-3, in women’s tennis action on Friday afternoon.

 

Cloer lost the opening set, 6-4, before winning the next two, 6-2 and 6-0, to give the Spartans’ the deciding fourth point. UNCG began the day with a 1-0 lead by sweeping all three doubles matches. Alejandra Guerra and Erica Zabkar then earned straight-set singles wins at the Nos. 1 and 5 slots to give UNCG a 3-2 lead. Cloer wrapped up the win when she completed her comeback win over Cunningham.

 

UNCG (4-6) returns to action on Monday when it plays host to UNC Wilmington for a 2 pm match.

 

 

AGATE

UNCG def. Charlotte 4-3

 

Doubles

1. Alejandra Guerra/Arielle VonStrolley (UNCG) def. Ana Spivakovsky/Koren Fleming, 8-4

2. Valerie Behr/Erica Zabkar (UNCG) def. Candace Cunningham/Yudeshnee Pillay, 8-5

3. Brittany Cloer/Jess Eblen (UNCG) def. Gabi Vergara/Kimber Redfern, 9-8(8)

 

Singles

1. Alejandra Guerra (UNCG) def. Ana Spivakovsky, 6-4, 6-2

2. Yudeshnee Pillay (CHAR) def. Arielle VonStrolley, 6-3, 6-2

3. Koren Fleming (CHAR) def. Valerie Behr, 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(4)

4. Britney Cloer (UNCG) def. Candace Cunningham, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0

5. Erica Zabkar (UNCG) def. Kimber Redfern, 6-1, 6-4

6. Gabi Vergara (CHAR) def. Jess Eblen, 6-1, 6-3