Chattanooga 7, Austin Peay 0
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team posted its fourth-straight shutout with a 7-0 win over Austin Peay at the Hixson Racquet Club tonight. UTC improves to 5-0 for the first time in over 10 years and Jeff Clark earned his 100th win as head coach of the Lady Mocs.
"Chattanooga has such a tremendous tennis community and it is an amazing place to coach," stated Clark. "Getting to 100 wins is great, but it is really about the student-athletes. They are the ones who win the matches and we have had a lot of good ones over the years. We have a bunch of good ones this year and hopefully we can keep it going."
UTC is almost perfect through five matches, having only lost one point in the season-opening 6-1 win over Kennesaw State. Since then, Chattanooga has blanked in-state rivals Belmont, Middle Tennessee, Lipscomb and Austin Peay.
UTC won all three doubles matches, including 8-0 shutouts at No. 2 and No. 3. Senior Jenna Nurik and sophomore Kaylene Chadwell improved to 4-1 with an 8-0 win over Alison Carre and Vanessa Tavares at No. 2. Freshmen Kelsey Coots and Kayla Jones are also 4-1 after an 8-5 win over Arnella Di Salvo and Andra Cornea at No. 1.
Nurik clinched the win with her (6-3, 6-2) victory over Carre at No. 1. Nurik improves to 5-0 in the spring and 10-6 overall. Jones is also 5-0 this spring following her (6-3, 6-3) win over Cornea at No. 3. She leads the team with a 16-2 overall singles mark.
Chadwell posted a (6-1, 6-3) win over Ornella at No. 2 and is 4-1 in the spring. Coots, sophomore Claire Mulyadi and freshman Jovana Pecovski also had singles wins today.
Clark is in the sixth year of his second stint at UTC. He coached the Lady Mocs from 1999-01 and returned to UTC in 2007. His career record stands at 100-84.
Davidson 6, Radford 1
DAVIDSON, N.C. - Three Wildcats won their respective singles and doubles matches in carrying the Wildcats to a 6-1 home victory over Radford Friday afternoon in the Knobloch Tennis Center during non-conference women's tennis action.
Davidson's (2-1) Stephani Synn, Nisha Crouser and Elaina Cummer each netted singles and doubles wins to pace the 'Cats. Synn and Crouser teamed up at No. 2 doubles for an 8-3 win and Davidson took all three spots over the Highlanders (0-1).
Synn won her first match of the year in singles play, netting a 6-0, 6-3 triumph at No. 3. Crouser took a 6-3, 6-2 decision over Meg Napolitano at No. 4.
Cummer tallied her second wins in both singles and doubles. She and Brites Moniz-Soares sealed up the doubles point with an 8-4 win, and then the freshman cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 triumph at No. 2 singles.
Elise Held and Blake Nickles rounded out the singles play for the Wildcats with straight-set wins. Held allowed just three games, winning 6-1, 6-2, while Nickles battled to a 7-5, 7-6 victory at No. 6 over Allison Michael.
Catherine Wood and Frizzi Bschorer improved to 2-1 in doubles action with an 8-3 triumph at No. 3.
Davidson turns around and plays Gardner-Webb at home tomorrow at 10 a.m.