UNC Greensboro 5, Elon 2
ELON, N.C. ? After dropping the doubles point, UNC Greensboro bounced back to claim five of the six singles tilts en route to posting a 5-2 Southern Conference women’s tennis victory over Elon ? snapping the Phoenix’s three-match winning streak ? Wednesday afternoon at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
Elon’s Melissa Wolf and Sally Wilkey overcame Britney Cloer and Jessica Eblen 8-6 claimed the day’s first win at No. 3 doubles. Valerie Behr and Lucy Dougherty ? the reigning SoCon Player of the Week ? dispatched Elisa Simonetti and Daleen Kloppers 8-4 at No. 2 to even the doubles standings at 1-1 for UNCG (5-2 overall, 2-0 SoCon).
Anna Milian and Paige Kensrue rallied back from a 5-2 deficit to outduel Alejandra Guerra and Arielle VonStrolley 8-6 at No. 1 to give the Phoenix (7-7 overall, 2-2 SoCon) the doubles point.
Cloer (over Wolf 6-4, 6-0 at No. 4), Dougherty (over Whitney Butcher 6-0, 6-2 at No. 5), Guerra (over Milian 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1), Eblen (over Kloppers 7-5, 6-2 at No. 6) and VonStrolley (over Kensrue 7-5, 6-2 at No. 2) reeled off five consecutive singles wins before Elon pulled out a victory at No. 3 when Simonetti outlasted Behr 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
UNCG will return home to host Coastal Carolina at 2 p.m. Friday. Elon will return to action with a visit to SoCon foe Western Carolina at 1 p.m. Saturday.
NC State 6, College of Charleston 1
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina State women's tennis team beat College of Charleston, 6-1, at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center on Wednesday.
The Pack swept the doubles matches and snagged wins in five of the six singles matches. N.C. State is 3-8 on the season. The Cougars fell to 8-3. The Cougars host SoCon Appalachian State at 1 p.m. on Friday.
Keely Mulligan earned the College of Charleston's only point with a 6-1, 6-1, victory over Pender Sessoms at No. 6 singles.
The Pack started the match with a sweep of all three doubles bouts. Freshmen Diana Mortlock and Sessoms beat Caroline Newman and Mulligan, 8-2, at No. 3. The No. 35 doubles team of junior Berkeley Brock and sophomore Lenka Hojckova stayed on top of Holly Dowse and Kinsey Casey to secure the doubles point for NC State with an 8-6 win at No. 1.
Neils Barringer and junior Daria Petrovic completed the sweep with an 8-5 victory over Laura Borza and Anna Lee Evans at No. 2.
Both Hojckova and Petrovic split the first two sets, sending the competitions into a third. No. 113 Hojckova notched the win over Dowse, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 1, and Petrovic defeated Newman, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2, at No. 3. Mortlock controlled Casey and took the win, 6-0, 6-3, at No. 5. Brock downed Borza, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 2, and Barringer locked in the win with a swift 6-4, 6-2, win over Evans at No. 4.