Nashville, T.N.- The
Gardner-Webb women's tennis team fought hard to get back on the
right track on Friday afternoon but the Belmont Bruins held on to
defeat the Lady Bulldogs 4-3 at the Davis Complex in Nashville,
T.N.
In doubles action,
the Lady Bulldogs dropped the home team at the No. 1 doubles
position, as the GWU duo of Laura Kriett and Amy
Beavers defeated
Belmont's team of April Bradley and Tatiana Pozo 8-6. However, Belmont would go on to take
both the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches to take the doubles point
and an early 1-0 lead.
In the end the
doubles point would prove to be the difference as the two teams
would split the six singles bouts. Gardner-Webb would win at the No. 1,
No. 3 and No. 5 spots, while Belmont downed the ‘Dogs at the
No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6 positions.
Freshman Laura
Kriett extended her winning streak to three straight matches at
the No. 1 slot, as she defeated Linda Johansson of Belmont in three
sets, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.
Sophomore Jenny
Gomez battled back from a tough second set loss (7-6) to drop
Belmont's Tatiana Pozo 6-4, 6-7, 6-2 at the No. 3 position. With the win, Gomez remains
undefeated at the No. 3 spot, improving to 5-0 on the season.
Fellow sophomore
Amy Beavers dominated her
opponent at the No. 5 spot, as she did not give up a single point
to the Bruins Katie Rhodes, winning in straight sets 6-0, 6-0.
With the loss
Gardner-Webb falls to 1-4 in the A-sun and 5-9 overall.
The GWU lady
netters will look to get back on the right track tomorrow afternoon
when they will do battle with the Lipscomb Bison at 10 a.m.
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Belmont 4, Gardner-Webb
3
Doubles
1. Beavers/ Kriett
(GWU) def. Bradley/ Pozo (BEL) – 8-6
2. Conyer/ Rhodes
(BEL) def. Gomez/ Walser (GWU) -9-8
3. Johansson/
Pence (BEL) def. Ellis/ Pancia (GWU) – 8-5
Singles
1. Laura
Kriett (GWU) def. Linda Johansson (BEL) – 6-2, 2-6,
6-4
2. Elizabeth
Conyer (BEL) def. Kasey Ellis (GWU) - 6-0,
6-1
3. Jenny
Gomez (GWU) def. Tatiana Pozo (BEL) – 6-4, 6-7, 6-2
4. April Bradley
(BEL) def. Monica Walser (GWU) –
6-4, 6-2
5. Amy
Beavers (GWU) def. Katie Rhodes (BEL) – 6-0, 6-0
6. Kelly Pence
(BEL) def. Carol Pancia (GWU) –
6-1, 7-6
