Chattanooga 5, Western Carolina 2

CULLOWHEE, N.C. - The Western Carolina women's tennis team battled, but fell short, 5-2, to Chattanooga on Friday afternoon at the Catamount Athletic Complex. Sophomore Ainhoa Iglesias Díaz picked up her second consecutive win in singles action, while freshman Karen Jiménez Sarmiento earned her fifth singles victory of the season.

The Catamounts (2-10, 0-6 SoCon) dropped their second consecutive match, as the Lady Mocs improved to 7-10 overall and 3-4 in conference action.

Iglesias Díaz defeated UTC's Beata Knizat, 6-0, 6-4 to pick up her second win in a row. Jimenez Sarmiento won her team-high fifth match of the season by defeating the Lady Mocs', 6-2, 6-1.
Chattanooga's Beata Knizat and Annie Green combined to defeat Izabella Glinska/Emily Turke, 8-3, to claim the doubles point. Jiménez Sarmiento/Carolina Lainez fell, 4-8, in the two doubles spot to Hangstefer/Bossy. In the first doubles spot, Iglesias Diaz and Amanda Massey fell to UTC's Jenna Nurik / Shaina Singh, 8-3.

WCU dropped the top three singles matches as Glinska fell to Nurik (3-6, 1-6). In the two spot, Massey dropped a three-set decision to Shaina Singh (0-6, 7-6, 9-11). Lainez fell to Hangstefer (7-6, 6-0).
Turke dropped her singles match in two sets to Jennifer Taylor, 4-6, 3-6.

Samford 4, UNC Greensboro 3

GREENSBORO, N.C.  - UNC Greensboro's Annette Rios won for the eighth time in her last 10 outings and ran her record to 18-7 on the season, but the Spartans fell short against Samford, 4-3, in women's tennis action on Friday afternoon.

Rios topped Rebecca Kirven in a wild match at No. 5 singles. Kirven won the first set in tiebreaker, while Rios won the second in a tiebreaker. Rios then claimed a 10-point tiebreaker win for the third set, 10-7, for the victory.

The Spartans (7-8, 2-4) also got singles victories from Valerie Behr and Mikayla Rogers on the afternoon. Behr moved to 10-5 for the spring and 14-16 overall when she beat Madelie VanRensburg in three sets at No. 3 singles. Rogers had a much easier time with Stephanie Parkison, winning at No. 4 singles in straight sets, 7-5 and 6-1, to moved to 14-13 overall and 6-9 for the spring slate.