Western Carolina 5, Cal State Bakersfield 2
CULLOWHEE, N.C. ? Western Carolina women’s tennis (4-9) defeated visiting Cal State Bakersfield (3-9) 5-2 Monday at the Catamount Tennis Complex.
The Catamounts took the early 1-0 lead by securing the doubles point picking up wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. Amanda Massey and Ainhoa Iglesias defeated Cal State Bakersfield’s Nefeli Diamanti and Kaydee Graham 8-6 while the Catamount duo of Izabella Glinska and Layne Arnold defeated Sara Mijwel and Ashlee Thorneycroft 8-2.
Western Carolina secured the win getting victories at four of the six singles matches. The deciding match was at No. 3 singles when Iglesias defeated Kristie Jenkins 6-4, 6-4.
Western Carolina returns to Southern Conference play Wednesday when the Catamounts travel to Greenville, S.C. to take on Furman. Match time is set for 3 p.m.
Brown 6, Davidson 1
DAVIDSON, N.C. - Davidson returned home for the first time since Feb. 27, but were not able to find its winning touch on its home courts as the Wildcats dropped a 6-1 decision to Brown on Monday afternoon in women?s tennis action at the Covington Tennis Courts.
Davidson fell to 5-8 on the season, while Brown pushed its winning streak to nine straight to see its record improve to 13-2 overall.
Scoring the Wildcats' lone point on the afternoon was sophomore Alison Rauh with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Tanja Vucetic at No. 3. The sophomore pushed her singles winning streak to three in a row with the victory and sits at 5-7 on the season.
Seeing her season-high four-match win streak come to a halt in singles action was junior Virginia Berry as she fell 6-1, 6-3 at No. 2 to Cassandra Herzberg.
Monday?s match starts a busy week for the Wildcats as they take a day off before playing host to Wofford on Wednesday at 3 p.m. The OCats follow that up with three in a row starting with a match against Cal State on Friday, then travel to Chattanooga and Samford for two more Southern Conference matches on Saturday and Sunday, Mar. 28th and 29th.