Western Carolina 4, Presbyterian 3
CULLOWHEE, N.C. - The Western Carolina Women's Tennis team used four victories in singles to defeat Presbyterian College, 4-3, at the Catamount Athletic Complex on Friday afternoon. The win gave the Catamounts (2-8) their second of the year, while the Blue Hose fell to 3-11 overall.
WCU's top three singles players collected victories, while Karen Jiménez Sarmientonotched a win in the fifth spot. PC collected the doubles point, but WCU rallied to win the match in singles action.
Senior Amanda Massey picked up a straight-set victory, 6-4,6-4, over Heather Heusel to secure the first point for WCU. Jiménez Sarmiento won her team-leading fourth singles match of the year by knocking out Cara Caruso, 6-1,6-2.
Presbyterian won the next two singles matches to take a brief 3-2 lead as Paige Oelke defeated Ainhoa Iglesias Díaz (6-3, 6-3) and Daryl Thompson defeated Emily Turke (6-2, 2-6, 6-2).
Junior Izabella Glinska won her match in three sets over PC's Olivia McMillan, winning the first 6-0, before falling in set two 7-6. Glinska dominated the third set, 6-2. WCU won the decisive point in the three spot as true freshman
Carolina Lainez defeated Presbyterian's Megan Davis, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.
Western Carolina failed to claim the doubles point as Heusel/Oelke defeated Massey/Iglesias Díaz, 8-3. The Cats claimed the two-spot doubles match as Jiménez Sarmiento/Lainez won, 8-4, over McMillan/Waldron. Arnold/Glinska fell to PC's Davis/Thompson, 8-5.
The Catamounts resume their six-match homestand on Saturday with Southern Conference rival UNC Greensboro. The match will start at 1:00 p.m. at the Catamount Athletic Complex.
Illinois 7, College of Charleston 0
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - College of Charleston women's tennis had its four-match win streak snapped on Friday afternoon with a 7-0 loss to No. 39 Illinois at Patriots Point.
The Fighting Illini (8-7, 2-1 Big Ten) swept the doubles matches to take an early 1-0 advantage. Seniors Laura Borza and Anna Lee Evans lost a 7-5 tiebreaker at the No. 2 spot to end their four-match streak.
With senior Holly Dowse and junior Emma Hayman sitting because of injury, several Cougars moved up in singles competition. Sophomore Caroline Newman played at the top spot for the second time this year. She faced 119th-ranked Megan Fudge, whom she battled for over two hours before losing in a 10-5 tiebreaker. Newman edged Finnegan 7-5 in the first set before falling 6-2 in the second.
Borza stayed at the No. 4 spot where she also forced her opponent Leigh Finnegan to a third set and lost 10-8 in the tiebreaker. Borza claimed a tight 7-5 victory in the first set before falling behind 6-1 in the second.
Junior Kinsey Casey moved to the second spot where she lost a 6-2, 6-1 match. Freshman Irene Viana was the No. 3 seed for the second time this season, falling 6-0, 6-1 to her opponent.
The Cougars (14-9, 7-0 SoCon) host Wofford on Mar. 31 at 1:30 p.m. The match against East Carolina, originally scheduled for Apr. 1, has been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts.