Mercer 6, Savannah State 1
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer women's tennis team opened the home slate of its season with a 6-1 win over Savannah State on Thursday afternoon at the LeRoy Peddy Tennis Center.
The Bears dominated nearly from start to finish, winning the doubles point and the five of the six singles matches.
Roxy Bartz gave Mercer its second point of the match, before Savannah State's Kamelia Dimitrova won at the No. 1 spot to move the match score to 2-1.
The Bears closed out the match with wins from Laura Kelly, Haley Powell and Xandra Fougner. Liza Klyachkin was also credited a win at the No. 6 spot to put the final score at 6-1.
East Carolina 4, UNCG 3
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The UNCG women’s tennis team dropped a close match on the road against East Carolina, 4-3, Thursday at the River Birch Tennis Center.
UNCG is 1-2 after the loss and ECU improves to 2-1 with the close victory.
In doubles, ECU took a 1-0 lead after winning two matches. Michelle Castro and Nicole LaDuca defeated senior Kayla Gammie and freshman Corinne Blythe, 6-3 at No. 1 doubles.
The Pirates clinched the doubles point after securing a 6-2 victory as Maria Gomez and Neena Wanko took down freshman Blaine Boaz and senior Stephanie Falcon at No. 2 doubles.
In the final doubles match, junior Amy Ellis and Soumeya Anane went unfinished after trailing 5-3 against Dana Gray and Katie Hoch at No. 3 doubles.
In singles, LaDuca won in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1 against Anane at No. 1 singles to make the score 2-0 Pirates. Sarah Sarjoo defeated Blythe, 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4 singles to push the lead to 3-0.
At No. 3 singles, Gomez defeated Falcon, 7-5, 6-3 to clinch the victory for ECU, 4-0. UNCG would win the next three matches with two going to third sets.
Ellis improved to 3-0 after defeating Wanko in straight sets, 7-6 (7-1), 6-4 at No. 5 singles.
Junior Jamie Grinberg rallied back to defeat Hoch, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 at No. 6 singles. Grinberg dropped the second set and fell behind 5-1 in the third set before storming back to win the next six games for the win.
At No. 2 singles, Gammie outlasted Castro, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (12-10) to make the final score 4-3. Gammie earned the comeback win after winning the second set, 6-4 and a close tiebreaker, 7-6 (12-10) in the third set.