Davidson 7, Belmont Abbey 0
DAVIDSON, N.C. - Davidson got off to a strong start in a busy weekend for itself, cruising to a 7-0 win over visiting Belmont Abbey Friday afternoon in women's tennis at the Knobloch Tennis Center.
The Wildcats (4-2), who will play a doubleheader tomorrow, took all three doubles spots and then swept through the singles for the shutout victory.
All three doubles teams blanked the Crusaders 8-0. Elaina Cummer won her team-best fifth doubles match of the season as she teamed with Nisha Crouser at No. 1.
Cummer and Crouser combined to allow just six games to their respective opponents. Cummer won her first career match at the top singles slot, taking home a 6-2, 6-3 decision. Crouser tallied her fourth singles win in a row, giving up just one game in a 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 2 over Katharine Miller.
Catherine Wood took home her first victory of 2013, and sixth for her career, with a 6-2, 6-4 decision at No. 3, and won her third doubles match with a victory at No. 2.
Elise Held, Frizzi Bschorer and Tamara Hill rolled in their singles matches, blanking each of their opponents, 6-0, 6-0. Bschorer and Hill registered their first wins of the season, while Held improved to 3-3.
Sophomore Blake Nickles also recorded a win, picking up the doubles victory with Bschorer at No. 3.
Davidson continues the weekend with a doubleheader at home against Wingate (10 a.m.) and Brevard College (2 p.m.) as the Wildcats continues on with their nine-match homestand.
Long Beach State 6, UNCG 1
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The UNCG women's tennis program lost 6-1 when hosting nationally ranked Long Beach State (No. 46) Friday, Feb. 22 at the Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center.
"This team is not any better than us tennis-wise, they compete really well," said head coach Jeff Trivette. "They've had some ranked wins, they're very confident, and that's the next step for us. If we can figure out how to maintain from first ball struck in doubles to last ball struck in singles, then we could be a good team. I think we're a good team, but I think we could be a great team if we can learn how to compete every single point."
The Spartans dropped two of three doubles matches against Long Beach State giving the 49ers the doubles point.
At No. 3, sophomore Stephanie Falcon and Dilara Yurtkuran picked up the lone doubles win for UNCG. Long Beach State had a 6-5 lead until the Blue and Gold forced a tiebreaker at 7-7. Falcon and Yurtkuran eventually took the match, 8-7 (7-3).
In singles play, senior Niltooli Wilkins earned the lone singles win for the Spartans against Malenovska 7-5, 6-3.
Yurtkuran fought hard against Unden, but fell in a tough three sets, 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 10-5, while senior Alex Whitehead lost 6-1, 6-2 to Cantlay.
Sophomore Kayla Gammie dropped her match against Rozenberg, 6-3, 6-1, while freshman Soumeya Anane lost, 6-3, 6-3 to Willems.
UNCG (2-3) returns to action, Sunday, Feb. 24 to host its first SoCon competition of the season against Western Carolina at the UNCG tennis courts at 12 p.m.