Appalachian State 4, Wofford 3
BOONE, N.C. - The Wofford women's tennis team nearly escaped the mountains of North Carolina on Tuesday afternoon with a Southern Conference victory but the Terriers came up just short as the Mountaineers of Appalachian State defeated Wofford 4-3 in Boone.
Following up to its great doubles play on Monday, Wofford (2-11, 1-5 SoCon) continued to play solid doubles and took the early 1-0 match lead by winning two out of three doubles matches. Haley Baird and Sabrina Smyers picked up an 8-5 win on court No. 2 over Lindsay King and Blakeley Bean while Cayley Wetzig and Ashley Lawrence clinched the doubles point for the Terriers as they held off Gisela Fernandez and Olivia Stannard of the Mountaineers (6-10, 1-2 SoCon) 9-7 on court No. 1.
Leading 1-0 heading into singles play, the Terriers needed to split the six singles matches to take the match but was only able to prevail in two. Wetzig used a single service break in each set to dispatch of Amanda Cash on court No. 1 6-3, 6-3. On court No. 5, Sonia Anand battled out an injury to pick up the second Terrier singles victory of the day as she won 6-4, 6-1. Baird nearly escaped with a victory on court No. 3 but she was downed by King in an exhilarating three set match by a score of 3-6, 6-4, and 7-6 (1).
The Terriers will return to the friendly confines of the Reeves Tennis Center on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. as they play host to the College of Charleston Cougars.
UNC Wilmington 4, Elon 3
WILMINGTON, N.C. ? Christina Lee overcame Paige Kensrue 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the day’s last match at No. 2 singles, propelling UNC Wilmington to a 4-3 non-conference women’s tennis triumph over Elon Tuesday afternoon at the UNCW Tennis Complex.
The Seahawks (14-2) claimed the day’s first victory when Hartley Collins and Lindsay Leblang upended Lauren Sessoms and Sally Wilkey 8-5 at No. 3 doubles. The Phoenix (9-9) evened the doubles standings when Kensrue and Anna Milian outlasted Chelsea Kahle and Priscilla Roberts 8-6 at No. 1.
UNCW secured the doubles point when Lauren Isenhour and Kayla Schwenk topped Daleen Kloppers and Elisa Simonetti 8-3 at No. 2. Kahle then dispatched Whitney Butcher 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4 singles to fatten the Seahawks’ advantage to 2-0, but singles wins by Simonetti (over Isenhour 6-1, 6-3 at No. 3) and Milian (over Schwenk 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1) tied the contest at 2-2.
Leblang foiled Lauren Sessoms 6-2, 7-5 at No. 5 singles to reclaim the lead for UNCW at 3-2. Hayley Wahl rallied past Lauren Fuenning 2-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 at No. 6 singles to pull Elon back into a deadlock at 3-3.
The Seahawks will now return to Colonial Athletic Association play when Delaware stops by the UNCW Tennis Complex at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Phoenix will now return to Southern Conference competition when No. 15 Laura Gioia and Furman visit the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center at 1 p.m. Saturday.