Georgia Southern 6, Davidson 1

DAVIDSON, N.C. - Nisha Crouser pushed her singles winning streak to a career-best seven straight, but it was the lone point for Davidson as it fell to visiting Georgia Southern 6-1 in its Southern Conference opener in women's tennis on a windy Saturday afternoon at the Convington Tennis Courts.

Coming off an impressive 4-3 win vs. No. 73 East Carolina Thursday, Davidson (7-3, 0-1 SoCon) was unable to carry over the momentum in seeing its four-match win streak halted. The Wildcats dropped their fourth straight in the all-time series to GSU (5-6, 2-2 SoCon), but still lead 18-9.

Crouser, fresh off clinching the win for the 'Cats on Thursday, rolled to her team-best seventh win of the season (7-2) with a 6-3, 6-0 victory at No. 4. The win total matches her total of all of last season.

Frizzi Bschorer (three in a row) and Brites Moniz-Soares (two in a row) had their win streaks snapped in singles, both falling in straight sets at No. 1 and 6. Bschorer forced a tie-breaker in the second set, but came up short, falling 6-2, 7-6, while Moniz-Soares won just three games combined in her two sets.

Georgia Southern opened the match by taking two of three doubles matches for the first team point. Stephani Synn and Crouser were the lone winners for the Wildcats, picking up an 8-6 triumph to move to 5-2 on the year.

The No. 1 team of Moniz-Soares and Elaina Cummer saw their team-best five-match win streak halted with an 8-2 defeat.

Elon 7, Western Carolina 0

CULLOWHEE, N.C. - The Western Carolina women's tennis team was defeated 7-0 by Southern Conference opponent Elon on Saturday.

The Phoenix dominated in doubles play, winning both matches. Stacia Kissell and Shannon Bettiol were defeated 8-4 in the No. 1 match, while Nicole Nielly and Sara Ruiz lost 8-2 at the No. 2 position.

In singles play, Bettiol and Nielly showed promise, but fell short of the victory. Bettiol lost in three sets at the No. 4 spot 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, while Nielly was defeated 7-5, 6-4.

Kissell played at the No. 1 spot and fell 6-1, 6-4, while Ruiz was downed at the No. 2 position, 6-2, 6-3. Erin Maguire lost in the No. 5 match 6-1, 6-0.

Furman 5, East Carolina 2

GREENVILLE, S.C. - The Furman women's tennis team won five out of six singles matches to down #72 East Carolina, 5-2, Saturday at the Mickel Tennis Center in Greenville, S.C.

The Pirates came out strong to open the match, winning two of three doubles matches to clinch the opening point.  Melis Tanik and Yilian Zhang combined for an 8-6 victory over junior Amanda Murray and senior Michele Stanford in the flight two match-up, and Dana Gray and Danielle Terpko topped senior Jenny Porter and sophomore Kelly Sullivan, 8-5, at number three.  The Paladins were victorious in the top spot, as senior Lauren Kline and sophomore Alex Moreno-Kaste bested Nicole LaDuca and Neena Wanko, 8-2.

Furman came back strong in singles, picking up five points for the team win.  Moreno-Kaste defeated Tanik, 6-4, 6-2, at number two, while junior Katherine Oudin came from behind for a 6-7, 7-0, 1-0 win versus Zhan in the flight three match.  At number four, Stanford recorded a 6-4, 6-4 win over Terpko, and Murray defeated LaDuca, 6-4, 6-0, at number five.  Junior Margaret Boyette beat Abby Richmond, 6-2, 6-3, in the sixth singles match.

East Carolina's lone singles win came at flight one, where Wanko defeated Kline, 6-3, 6-4.

Furman (5-6, 1-0 SoCon) returns to league action Wednesday when the Paladins entertain Wofford at 3 p.m. at the Mickel Tennis Center.

UNCG 7, Gardner-Webb 0

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - The UNCG women's tennis team blew out Gardner-Webb 7-0 Saturday, March 16 at the Webb Tennis Complex.

The Spartans won two of three matches in doubles competition earning them the match point.

Senior Annette Rios and sophomore Kayla Gammie defeated Jenny Lunde and Erica White at No. 1, 8-7 (8-6).

At No. 2, Senior Alex Whitehead and sophomore Stephanie Falcon won 8-4 against Yasmin Doost and Rokia Sacko.

Freshmen Jamie Grinberg and Amy Ellis won their match by default at No. 3.

In singles play, Whitehead beat White at No. 1 in an easy two sets, 6-3, 6-3, while Rios took down Doost in a close 7-5, 7-5 match at No. 2.

At. No. 3, Falcon dueled Lunde to win 7-5, 6-3. Gammie fought in three sets to beat Valeriia Popko at No. 4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Freshman Soumeya Anane picked up a Spartan victory 7-5, 6-3 against Sacko at No. 5, while Grindberg won her match at No. 6 by default.

UNCG returns to action to host UNC Wilmington Thursday, March 21 at the UNCG tennis courts. Play will begin at 2 p.m.

Charleston Southern 4, Wofford 3

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Wofford women's tennis team fell to Charleston Southern 4-3 Saturday afternoon at the Reeves Tennis Center.  The Terriers drop to 5-6 on the season, while the Buccaneers improve to 6-4 this year.

After falling behind early, Wofford fought their way back into the match and tied the score at three.  However, their comeback fell short as Charleston Southern won the day's final match-up to secure the win.

In doubles action, the Buccaneers claimed an early advantage after Alexandra Walters and Yvonne Hubler defeated Wofford's Sarah Evans and Othilia Lindqvist 8-4 at the No. 1 position.  The Terriers evened the score when Julia Paulson and Lucy Schermerhorn topped Marketa Placha and Susita Das 8-3 in the No. 2 spot.  However, Charleston Southern won the doubles point after Alia Nour and Chanel Bell edged past Emily Przystawski and Mareli Sanchez 8-5 at No. 3.

On the singles side, the Buccaneers extended their advantage to 3-0 when Hubler beat Wofford's Audrey Coventry in straight sets (6-0, 6-3) at the No. 2 position, and Nour defeated Sanchez in a very tight match (7-5, 6-4) in the No. 4 spot.

However, the Terriers did not give up and they won the next three singles matches to tie the score at three.  First, after dropping the first set and falling behind in the second Przystawski came from behind to defeat Bell (2-6, 7-5, 6-1) at No. 6.  Then, Paulson defeated Walters in straight sets (6-4, 6-3) in the No. 3 spot.  Then, Evans beat Placha in straight sets (6-4, 6-2) at the No. 1 position.

The match came down to the matchup between Das and Schermerhorn in the No. 6 spot.  Schermerhorn jumped in front early, winning the first set 6-2.  Then in a back and forth second set, Das got the best of Schermerhorn to claim the second, 7-5.  In the final set with the score tied at four, Das took control and won the next two games to win the match (2-6, 7-5, 6-4) and secure the victory for the Buccaneers.