UNCG 6, Appalachian State 1
BOONE, N.C. - UNCG picked up a 6-1 road win over Appalachian State on Wednesday to remain perfect in Southern Conference play and move into a tie atop the league standings.
UNCG won its fifth straight to move to 10-4 on the year, pulling the Spartans even with College of Charleston at 5-0 in the league.
The Spartans swept through doubles to get things started then won at the top five singles flights.
In doubles play, Kayla Gammie and Annette Rios won their eighth straight match at No. 3, downing Kim-Lea Dinh and Blakeley Bean, 8-2. Devon Sutherland and Alex Whitehead won their sixth straight at No. 2, outlasting Gisela Fernandez and Gabriela Celi by a 9-7 score to clinch the point. At No. 1, Lucy Dougherty and Niltooli Wilkins picked up an 8-5 win over Ellie Linsell and Jennifer Ansari to complete the sweep.
Dougherty ran her singles win streak to five straight with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Jessica Thaggard at No. 4. Whitehead then topped Ansari at No. 2, picking up a 6-3, 6-2 victory.
Appalachian State (9-7, 2-3 SoCon) avoided the shutout with a win at No. 6, with Gabby Gabriel knocking off Sutherland, 6-3, 6-4.
UNCG freshman Stephanie Falcon picked up her 20th win of the season with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Linh at No. 5 to clinch the match, and Rios rebounded from a first-set loss to take a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over Celi at No. 3.
Wilkins closed things out with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Linsell at No. 1, overcoming her first lost set in league play to win her 13th straight match. The reigning SoCon Player of the Week moved to 23-6 overall and needs just seven more wins in her quest to set the UNCG single-season wins record.
Furman 6, Wofford 1
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Furman women's tennis team extended its winning streak to seven matches and remained unbeaten in the Southern Conference with a 6-1 victory versus Wofford in Spartanburg on Wednesday.
The Paladins won two out of three doubles matches to clinch the doubles point. Sophomores Margaret Boyette and Katherine Oudin teamed up to beat Julia Paulson and Samantha Sullivan, 8-3, at number two doubles, while the duo of junior Lauren Kline and freshman Kelly Sullivan notched an 8-3 win over Lucy Schermerhorn and Othilia Lindqvist in the third-seeded match. In the top match, Terriers Sarah Evans and Guinn Garcia topped freshman Alex Moreno-Kaste and junior Michele Stanford, 8-5.
Furman claimed victories in the top five singles matches for the win. Kline defeated Evans, 6-1, 6-3, at number one, while Stanford bested Paulson, 6-2, 6-1, in the second-seeded match. Oudin recorded a 6-1, 6-0 win over Audrey Coventry at number three, and Boyette was victorious, 6-3, 6-4, over Lindqvist, in the number four match-up. Moreno-Kaste beat Emily Przystawski, 6-0, 6-1, at number five to round out the Furman winners.
Wofford's Sullivan posted a 6-2, 6-4 win over freshman Kelsey Kinderknecht in the sixth singles contest, notching the Terriers' lone point of the day.