DURHAM, N.C. - North Carolina Central (11-12) defeated the Western Carolina tennis team 6-1 in the regular season finale Sunday in Durham, N.C. at the NCCU Tennis Courts. The lone point for the Catamounts came from sophomore Karen Jimenez at the No. 4 singles slot.

Jiménez finished her regular season in a strong way, picking up two wins on Sunday afternoon. In No. 2 doubles, Jiménez teamed up with senior Izabella Glinska - who yesterday played in her final home match at Western Carolina - came away with an 8-3 victory over NCCU's Lombard and Nedstrom. In her No. 4 singles match, Jiménez cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Kelly Chaparro.

N.C. Central's Oleysa Palko and Cameron Chatman defeated Ainhoa Iglesias Diaz and Carolina Lainez 8-2 in the No. 1 doubles match, clinching the doubles point.

In singles action, Cameron Chatman squeaked by Carolina Lainez in the first set of the No. 2 singles match, winning 7-6. After fighting back and forth for the beginning of the second set, Chatman was finally able to break serve to guide her to a 6-3 win in the second set, giving her the victory at No. 2.

Fredrica Lombard picked up the point for N.C. Central at the No. 3 spot due to an injury to Ainhoa Iglesias Diaz.  The Eagles picked up victories at No. 1 and No. 5, winning 6-2, 6-2 and 6-0, 6-0.

Western Carolina will travel to the Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tenn. for the 2011 SoCon Women's Tennis Championships, beginning Wednesday morning.