Georgia Southern 5, Western Carolina 2
STATESBORO, Ga. – Western Carolina gained singles victories from Megan McLinden and Stacia Kissell, but dropped the match to Southern Conference foe, Georgia Southern, 5-2, Saturday afternoon.
WCU (1-9-1) defaulted the No. 3 doubles match. At the No. 2 doubles match, Georgia Southern’s Giulia Riepe and Stephanie Woods defeated WCU’s McLinden and Sara Ruiz Pajares, 8-0, to clinch the doubles point for the Eagles. WCU’s Kissell and Shannon Bettiol fell in the No. 1 doubles match, 8-4, to Eagles’ Paola Garrido and Mary Phillips Smith.
Western Carolina defaulted the No. 6 singles contest on the afternoon. Riepe of Georgia Southern defeated Ruiz Pajares in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0, at the No. 4 singles matchup giving the Eagles a 3-0 lead in the match.
Georgia Southern (5-8) clinched match victory with a win in the No. 5 contest as Mary Phillips Smith of Georgia Southern defeated WCU’s Erin Maguire, 6-0, 6-3.
At the No. 1 singles match, Kissell won her 10th match in 11 contests on the year, defeating Garrido in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. Kissell was 0-2 in previous matches against Garrido entering play Saturday.
At the No. 2 singles match, Western Carolina’s Bettiol was defeated in straight sets by Jordana Klein, 6-2, 6-3.
WCU’s McLinden won her fourth consecutive singles match, defeating Woods of Georgia Southern in a third set tiebreak, 3-6, 7-6(3), 10-8, at the No. 3 singles contest.
Elon 7, Davidson 0
DAVIDSON, N.C. – Playing just its second Southern Conference match of the season, the Elon University women's tennis team stretched its winning streak to eight in a row with a 7-0 sweep of Davidson today, March 15.
The Phoenix earned the doubles point to go up 1-0 after all three Elon duos picked up victories. Jordan Johnston and Barbora Lazarova got a challenge from Elaina Cummer and Brites Moniz-Soares, but ultimately prevailed with a 8-6 win on court No. 1.
The pairing of Frida Jansaker and Maria Camara Ruiz on court No. 2 and Bryn Khoury and Taylor Casey on court No. 3 had a bit easier of a time, as Jansaker and Camara Ruiz topped Nisha Crouser and Jenna Brunner by a score of 8-2 and Khoury and Casey won 8-3 over Tamara Hill and Sarah Stein.
Elon continued its roll against Davidson as singles continued with Tolley Rice first off the court with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Hill on court No. 6. Lazarova then extended the Elon lead to 3-0 after finishing her match on court No. 3 with a 6-1, 6-2 victory against Crouser.
Khoury clinched the victory for the Phoenix with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Stein on court No. 4.
The Phoenix completed the sweep with wins on court Nos. 1, 2 and 5 from Johnston, Jansaker and Casey to earn their sixth sweep in eight matches during the current winning streak.
During the streak, both Johnston and Lazarova hold perfect 7-0 marks while Jansaker has gone 7-0 since picking up her first win of the season in a 4-3 loss to Kansas State on Jan. 25 in the ITA Kickoff Weekend tournament in Athens, Ga. Khoury's record during the streak sits at 6-1. Her only loss came in a tightly contested match against UNC Wilmington on Feb. 17.