Samford 7, Wofford 0
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- The Samford University women's tennis team picked up a momentous Southern Conference victory Sunday as the Bulldogs registered a 7-0 win against the Wofford Terriers in a conference showdown held at the Samford Tennis Center.
With the victory, Samford (11-3, 3-2 SoCon) improved its record at home this season to 7-1. The Bulldogs lone loss in Birmingham this year was a hard-fought 4-3 setback against Furman on Saturday.
In Sunday's shutout win versus Wofford (10-9, 2-3 SoCon), Samford was victorious in all nine matches. The Bulldogs swept the three doubles contests and then earned wins in all six singles matches.
Samford's Andrie Meiring, Kristin Lewis, Lindsey Mallory and Jessica Diamond were all victorious in straight-set singles contests, while the Bulldogs' Taylor Morgan and Madelie Janse Van Rensburg both notched three-set triumphs on courts No. 1 and No. 3, respectively.
With her dominant 6-0, 6-1 victory on court No. 5, Samford's Lindsey Mallory extended her winning streak to nine-consecutive matches and improved her record in singles play to 10-1 this season. Janse Van Rensburg also upped her singles mark to 12-1 this season while both Lewis and Meiring moved to 12-2.
In doubles play, the Bulldogs' combinations of Lindsey Mallory and Morgan, and Rebecca Kirven and Meiring were both victorious Sunday to improve their team-best records this season to 9-5.
Furman 6, Chattanooga 1
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The Furman women's tennis team swept the doubles and won five out of six singles matches to defeat Chattanooga, 6-1, Sunday afternoon in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Furman senior Monica Arguello, ranked 86th nationally, defeated Jenna Nurick in the top singles match, while Paladin sophomore Lauren Kline posted a 7-5, 7-5 win over Alexa Flynn at the number two singles spot. Freshman Margaret Boyette defeated Emily Hangstefer, 6-3, 6-2, in the third singles match, and sophomore Michele Stanford beat Charlotte Bossy, 6-0, 6-1, at number five singles. Senior Jennifer Betts notched a 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9) win over Diana Zora in the number six singles match.
Chattanooga's lone win came at number four singles, where Shaina Singh defeated freshman Amanda Murray, 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-5).
In doubles action, Boyette and Kline teamed up for an 10-8 win over Hangstefer and Flynn at number one, while Murray and Stanford combined for a 9-7 victory over Nurik and Singh in the second doubles match. At number three doubles, Arguello and Betts defeated Bossy and Zora, 8-2.
College of Charleston 7, Appalachian State 0
BOONE, N.C. - The College of Charleston women's tennis team raised their record to a perfect 3-0 in Southern Conference play with a 7-0 rout of Appalachian State on Sunday afternoon at the Yohnalossee Indoor Courts.
The Cougars (11-7, 3-0) are off to a solid start in their quest of defending the program's back-to-back SoCon titles in 2009 and 2010. They claimed the weekend road sweep of the Mountaineers (7-7, 1-4) in similar fashion to their dual match at Davidson on Saturday which resulted in another 7-0 shutout.
In fact, CofC has not given up a team point in its current three-match conference win streak and only one point in its last four-straight matches including a 6-1 victory over Ivy League opponent Cornell on March 22.
After taking care of business early in doubles, the Cougars swept all six singles matches behind the efforts of sophomore Christin Newman in straight sets at the No. 1 line, senior Emma Hayman closing out a second-set tiebreaker at No. 2, junior Caroline Newman allowing only one game in two sets at No. 3, and sophomore Irene Viana winning a 10-4 third-set super tiebreaker at No. 6. All four players are currently on a team-best four-match win streak in singles.