Wake Forest 5, College of Charleston 2
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - No. 67 College of Charleston women's tennis fell to 61st-ranked Wake Forest on Wednesday afternoon at the Tennis Center at Patriots Point.
The Demon Deacons (6-6, 0-1 ACC) took a 1-0 lead after the doubles competition, sweeping all three matches. Senior Holly Dowse and junior Emma Hayman dropped an 8-4 decision at the top spot to end their four-match win streak. Southern Conference Player of the Week Kinsey Casey also lost her match alongside partner Keely Mulligan, 8-6, at the No. 3 spot to end her four-match streak in doubles competition.
The Cougars (8-5, 3-0 SoCon) picked up two points in singles competition with wins at the No. 2 and 6 spots. Hayman defeated Wake's Kathryn Talbert 6-4, 6-3 to pull CofC within one point (2-1) after Dowse lost a 6-0, 6-1 match as the top seed to Sasha Kulikova. Hayman is now 6-4 on the year from the No. 2 spot.
Freshman Irene Viana also recorded a win for the Cougars in singles action. She returned from a 6-4 loss in the first set to capture a 7-6, 1-0 victory over the next two sets. Viana is now on a five-match streak in singles competition.
College of Charleston won a 7-0 victory over Case Western Reserve earlier in the day at Patriots Point. The win was the team's third straight 7-0 victory, after having earlier swept Western Carolina and Charlotte on Mar. 7.
Charleston returns to action on Saturday when the team hosts UNC Greensboro in the first of three matches over the weekend. The Cougars play at 10 a.m. with Sunday matches against Jacksonville State and No. 36 Oklahoma to complete Parent's Weekend
Coastal Carolina 5, UNC Greensboro 2
CONWAY, S.C. - UNC Greensboro's Annette Rios picked up a straight-set win in singles action, but Coastal Carolina won the other five singles flights on its way to a 5-2 win over the Spartans in nonconference women's tennis action
The Spartans, who are ranked No. 66 in this week's ITA computer team rankings, also swept all three doubles matches. However, the Chants (10-1) picked up four singles wins in straight sets and Paty Cortes rallied from down a set to defeat Mikayla Rogers.
Rios, playing at No. 5 singles, topped Maria Camberos of Coastal Carolina, 6-2 and 6-1. She teamed with Jessica Eblen to pull out a doubles victory, as well, topping Alex Derungs and Caitlyn Brooksbank 8-7, including 8-6 in the tiebreaker.
UNCG (5-3) returns to action on Friday when it visits Georgia Southern for a Southern Conference match. Start time is set for 2 p.m.