Lady Bulldogs Drop 4-0 Decision in First Round of Big South Tennis Championship
April 17, 2009 | Women's Tennis
The No. 7 seeded Gardner-Webb women's tennis team was unable to claim an upset victory as they fell, 4-0, to the second-seeded Liberty Flames on the opening day of the 2009 Big South Women's Tennis Championship at the Memorial Courts on the campus of Winthrop University.
The Lady Bulldogs had a rough start to their match against the Flames, dropping the doubles point behind losses at No. 1 and No. 2 singles.
In singles action, Liberty won at the third, fourth, and fifth flights to clinch the match 4-0. Red-shirt sophomore Kasey Ellis fought hard at five, but dropped a heartbreaking second set, 7-5 for the last point.
Three matches went unfinished with Laura Kriett, Rita Gouveia, and Tavenner Black still playing at one, two, and six. All three were down a set when the match was called.
The Lady Bulldogs end the season with a 10-14 mark.
BOX
Doubles
No. 1 – .Jenkins/Fick (LU) def. Kriett/Gouveia (GWU) 8-2
No. 2 – Brown/Solomon-Burgess (LU) def. Beavers/Ellis (GWU) 8-1
No. 3 – Souza/Klintsevich (LU) vs. Gomez/Black (GWU) 6-3 unfinished
Singles
No. 1 – Jordan Jenkins (LU) vs. Laura Kriett (GWU) 6-0, 5-2 unfinished
No. 2 – Stephanie Brown (LU vs. Rita Gouveia (GWU) 6-4, 1-1 unfinished
No. 3 – Nadia Solomon-Burgess (LU) def. Jenny Gomez (GWU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 – Hannah Fick (LU) def. Amy Beavers (GWU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 5 – Lais Souza (LU) def. Kasey Ellis (GWU) 6-1, 7-5
No. 6 – Valeriya Klintsevich (LU) vs. Tavenner Black (GWU) 6-1, 2-3 unfinished
