Wofford 6, Western Carolina 1
CULLOWHEE, N.C. - The Wofford women's tennis team wrapped up the 2012 regular season with a 6-1 victory over Western Carolina Saturday afternoon at the Catamount Athletic Complex.
The Terriers improve to 6-14 overall and 2-9 in SoCon action following the win. The Catamounts drop to 1-15 on the yea and 0-9 in league action.
The afternoon started with doubles play, where the Terriers swept all matches to seize the point and the early 1-0 advantage. At the No. 1 spot, the pairing of Sarah Evans and Guinn Garcia defeated Ainhoa Iglesias Diaz and Megan McLinden (8-4), and Emily Przystawski and Julia Paulson teamed to defeat Karen Jimenez and Katie Barry (8-4) at the No. 2 position. The duo of Othilia Lindqvist and Samantha Sullivan won at the No. 3 position by default.
In singles play, Wofford took five of the six matches to seal the overall victory. Two Terriers blanked their opponents, as Othilia Lindqvist downed Katie Barry (6-0, 6-0) at the No. 4 position, and Emily Przystawski defeated Sarah Walters (6-0, 6-0) at the No. 5 spot. Audrey Coventry picked up a win at the No. 4 spot, defeating Karen Jimenez (6-2, 6-1), and Julia Paulson defeated Megan McLinden (6-4, 7-6(4)) at the No. 2 position.
Lucy Schermerhorn earned a win at the No. 6 position by default.
Furman 7, Davidson 0
GREENVILLE, S.C. - The Furman women's tennis team blanked Davidson, 7-0, to conclude the 2012 regular season Saturday at the Mickel Tennis Center in Greenville, S.C. The Paladins honored senior Susan Bitetti and junior Olivia Maurice in the duo's final career home match.
The Paladins swept the doubles matches to clinch the opening point. The team of junior Lauren Kline and freshman Alex Moreno-Kaste defeated Stephani Synn and Brites Moniz-Soares, 8-2, in the top spot, and sophomore Margaret Boyette and freshman Kelly Sullivan defeated Katharine Dicconson and Nisha Crouser, 8-3 at number two. In the third-seeded match-up, Maurice and sophomore Katherine Oudin combined for an 8-4 victory over Frizzi Bschorer and Elise Held.
Furman continued its dominance in singles play, winning all six matches in straight sets. Kline bested Synn, 6-2, 6-2, at number one, while Oudin defeated Moniz-Soares, 6-1, 6-2, in the second-seeded contest. At number three singles, Boyette topped Dicconson, 6-1, 6-2, and Moreno-Kaste posted a 6-4, 6-2 win over Crouser at number four. In the fifth-flight, sophomore Amanda Murray beat Held, 6-3, 6-1, and Bitetti sailed to a 6-0, 6-0 triumph over Bschorer at number six singles.
Samford 5, Chattanooga 2
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team closed out the 2012 regular season today at Samford. The Lady Mocs dropped the regular season finale 5-2 to the Bulldogs.
The loss gives UTC and Samford identical 15-5 overall records and 6-4 marks in Southern Conference action. Both teams tied for fourth in the SoCon race with the Bulldogs owning the tiebreaker. Since they are seeded No. 4 and No. 5 they will each have a first round bye, but will face each other again on Friday in the quarterfinals.
Today's match started with Samford taking the doubles point by winning two of three matches. Junior Jenna Nurik and freshman Kaylene Chadwell had the lone win, defeating Kristin Lewis and Lindsey Mallory 8-7 at No. 1. Nurik and Chadwell won the tiebreaker 11-9.
In singles play, Chadwell won her eighth straight with a three-set victory over Madelie Janse Van Rensburg at No. 2 (5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 1-0 (10-6)). Chadwell finished the regular season 8-2 in the SoCon and 20-9 overall.
Senior Shaina Singh had the other singles win for UTC. She defeated Rebecca Kirven (7-5, 6-4) at No. 4. The win was Singh's 20th of the year, setting a new career mark for singles victories in a season. She has won four-straight to push her singles record to 20-9 and 7-3 in SoCon matches.
Chattanooga was without their No. 2 player in sophomore Alexa Flynn. She has been out for the past two weeks since suffering an injury at Davidson. The Memphis, Tenn., native is 17-7 in singles and 17-8 in doubles action on the year.
College of Charleston 7, East Carolina 0
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - The No. 71-ranked College of Charleston women's tennis team blanked its second opponent in back-to-back days with a 7-0 shutout of East Carolina on Saturday afternoon at the CofC Tennis Center at Patriots Point.
The Cougars (22-5) are now winners of their last four regular-season matches leading into the 2012 SoCon Tennis Championships to be held on April 19-22 at the home facilities of CofC and The Citadel.
As the No. 2 seed, they will enjoy a first-round bye and face the winner of the No. 7 and No. 10 seeds in the women's quarterfinals to be played on Friday, April 20 at 1 p.m. (ET) at the Earle Tennis Center.
Sophomore Kelly Kambourelis clinched the fourth and deciding point of the match with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over East Carolina's Renata Bakieva to extend her team-leading win streak to seventh consecutive matches at No. 2 singles.
Freshman Jenny Falcone won her fifth-straight match by a count of 6-4, 6-2 versus Yilian Zhang at the No. 5 line and junior Christin Newman won her fourth-straight with a 6-3, 6-1 decision over Natalie Collins at No. 1.
In only her fourth collegiate match, freshman Grace Baker defeated Abby Richmond, 6-3, 6-0, at No. 6, to contribute to the final team score.
"East Carolina is a dangerous team and is full of talent," CofC Director of Tennis Angelo Anastopoulo said. "We were able to jump on them early, especially in the second sets. That's probably the best we have played in second sets of singles matches this year. We will take Sunday off, but will get back to the practice courts on Monday. We are definitely moving in the right direction, but we are still working on some kinks in a couple of areas to prepare for a competitive conference tournament."
In doubles play, the Cougars swept all three of their matches against the Pirates (9-15) behind a love pro-set from the combination of senior Katie Lee and Christin Newman at No. 3. Meanwhile, Jenny Falcone and Kelly Kambourelis improved to a team-best 17-6 on the season with an 8-3 win over Dana Gray and Neena Wanko at No. 2 doubles.