Coastal Carolina 6, Wofford 1
CONWAY, S.C. – The Wofford women’s tennis team was defeated by the Chanticleers of Coastal Carolina, 6-1, on Sunday afternoon at the Billy Nichols Tennis Center.
The loss puts the Terriers at 3-2 overall and Coastal improves to 7-0 with the win.
In doubles play, the Chanticleers swept all three matches to earn the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead. No. 3 doubles duo of sophomore Mareli Sanchez and freshman Taylor Carlson tested Marie Babayan and Amanda Malatek, but fell in a close match, 8-7.
In singles play, junior Audrey Coventry earned Wofford’s only point of the match defeating Kourtney Kowal, 6-3, 6-3, at the No. 2 position. Senior No. 3 player Julia Paulson almost earned a second point for the Terriers, but she fell in a match tiebreak to Honami Yazawa, 6-7, 6-1, 1-0 (10-8).
The Terriers are back in action on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. when they host North Greenville University at the John E. Reeves Tennis Center.
Tennessee 7, Chattanooga 0
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s tennis team dropped a 7-0 dual at No. 27 Tennessee this afternoon. The Mocs were swept in eight matches today, falling to 4-2 on the season. The Lady Vols evened their record at 3-3 with the win.
Tennessee took the doubles point by winning at No. 2 and No. 3. Junior Claire Mulyadi and freshman Rachele Gazzola put up the best fight at No. 3, falling to Brittany Lindl and Ambika Pande 8-6.
Chattanooga lost all six matches in straight sets. Senior Alexa Flynn tried to mount a comeback at No. 3. She lost the first set for Victoria Olivarez 6-2. Flynn battled in the second frame before falling 7-5.
UTC is back in action on Thursday, Feb. 20, against Mercer.
UNCW 6, UNCG 1
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The UNCG women’s tennis team fell to state rival UNC Wilmington, 6-1, Sunday night at the Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center.
UNCW took the first point of the evening after winning the doubles point. Sophomores Jamie Grinberg and Amy Ellis fell to Angie Sekley and Alyssa Ritchie 8-1 at No. 2 doubles. The Seahawks earned the doubles point after Kelly Cameron and Miller Hales defeated Stephanie Falcon and Asha Iyengar 8-4 at No. 3 doubles.
Ellis got the sole point for the Spartans for the day with a win at No. 4 singles with a win over Cameron. Cameron took the first set 6-4, but Ellis bounced back to take the second set 6-4 and the tiebreaker 10-8.
At No. 1 singles, Falcon fell to Sekely in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3.
Junior Kayla Gammie fell in a hard battle to Olga Blank with two tiebreaker sets at No 2. singles. Blank took set one 7-6 (8-6) and set two 3-3 (7-5).
At No. 3 singles, Grinberg fell to Ritchie 6-3, 6-2.
Freshman Masey DeMoss fell to Christine Kharkevich at No. 5 singles 6-1, 6-4.
At No. 6 singles, Iyengar fell to Alix Theodossiou 6-1, 6-0.
With the loss, the Spartans fall to 1-4 on the season.
Next up, UNCG will welcome in Gardner-Webb on Saturday, Feb. 22. at 2 p.m.
Gardner-Webb 6, Western Carolina 1
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Stacia Kissell claimed her third win of the season with a 6-1, 6-3 victory at the No. 1 singles spot, but the Western Carolina women’s tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision at Gardner-Webb Sunday afternoon at the Webb Tennis Complex.
“I thought we played well today but still have work to do,” head coach Michaela Kissell-Eddins said. “Stacia played a great match at No. 1 singles to earn another quality win and everyone else was playing close with their opponents at each position.”
The Runnin’ Bulldogs claimed the doubles point after Sara Ruiz Pajares/Erin Maguire drop their set 8-1 to Jenny Lunde/Rokia Sacko, along with a forfeit at No. 3 doubles. Stacia Kissell/Shannon Bettiol battled valiantly before dropping their doubles match in the tiebreak to Yasmin Doost/Ronia Hutterli, 8-7 (10-3).
Kissell claimed the first and only point, for the Catamounts when she defeated Doost, 6-1, 6-3. Erin Maguire fell in straight sets to Sacko at the No. 5 spot, 6-3, 6-1, and GWU sealed the match when Shannon Bettiol dropped her match, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 2 to Lunde. The loss at the second spot clinched the match because Gardner-Webb was award a point at the start of singles when WCU had to forfeit the match at the No. 6 spot.
Sara Ruiz Pajares lost to Hutterli at No. 3 singles, 6-3, 6-4, and Megan McLinden closed the day after suffering a loss to Valeria Popko 6-4, 6-3 at No. 4 singles.
“The match felt a lot closer than a 6-1 loss, but Gardner-Webb played better than us in the big moments,” said Kissell-Eddin. “We are still a relatively young team, and I know we are learning from these experiences. We will hit the practice courts hard this week in preparation for two great opportunities next weekend.”
Western Carolina (0-4) opens its home schedule with Presbyterian on Saturday, February 22 at 1 p.m. followed by mountain rival UNC Asheville on Sunday, February 23 at 1 p.m.