Davidson 4, Charlotte 3
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - By winning four of the six singles matches, the Davidson women's tennis team took a 4-3 decision over host Charlotte in a battle of cross-county rivals and pushed their win streak to three in a row on Thursday afternoon.
The 'Cats won for the third time in the past four meetings with the 49ers and improved their all-time record to 16-8 in the series. With the win, they ran their overall mark to 11-5 on the season, while the 49ers fell to 4-13.
Davidson found itself down 1-0 early after seeing its cross-county rival take all three doubles matches to open the afternoon. The No. 1 and 2 positions were a battle to the end as Davidson dropped 8-6 and 9-8 decisions.
Singles though, was a different story for the Wildcats as they regrouped and captured wins at No. 1 and 3-5 to run their team record to 61-35.
Senior Virginia Berry and junior Samantha Galainena each reached the 10-win mark on the season with their two-set wins. Berry took a 7-6, 6-3 decision over Alexandra Zinn at No. 1, while Galainena earned a 6-3, 6-4 victory. The duo also pushed their win streak in singles play to three straight.
Earning a win at the No. 3 spot was Alison Ruah as the junior even her record to 8-8 on the season. She way a 7-2 tiebreaker in the first set and then cruised to a 6-1 second-set win to earn the point.
Getting the Wildcats final point in just her second collegiate singles match was Romina Clemente. The sophomore scored a 6-2, 6-0 win over Candace Cunningham at the No. 5 spot for her second career singles win.
Davidson takes a five-day break before hosting Elon on Apr. 6 at 3 p.m.
Charleston Southern 7, Wofford 0
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Wofford women's tennis team lost their match to the No. 70 nationally ranked Charleston Southern by a score of 7-0 on Thursday afternoon. The loss drops the Terriers record to 1-17 on the year and 0-6 in the Southern Conference. Charleston Southern improves to 13-1 and 5-0 in the Big South Conference. Due to injury the Terriers were forced to play shorthanded with only five healthy players for the match.
In doubles action Haley Baird and Guinn Garcia lost a hard fought tie break at number one doubles to give Andrea Schutte and Angie Torres an 8-7 victory. In singles action the Charleston Southern experience proved to be too much as they swept all six singles matches.
Wofford will be back in action on Saturday April, 3 when they will travel to Cullowhee, N.C. to take on Western Carolina.