Lady Bulldogs Run Past Charlotte, 5-2, Tuesday Afternoon in Women's Tennis Action
March 17, 2010 | Women's Tennis
CHARLOTTE, NC - The Gardner-Webb women's tennis team won five of the six singles matches Tuesday afternoon to defeat Charlotte by a 5-2 score at the Phillips Tennis Complex.
The Lady Bulldogs (7-4) suffered two disappointing losses at the No. 1 and No. 3 position in doubles play to give the point to the 49ers (3-9). The team of Rita Gouveia and Ioana Oprea defeated the team of Gabi Vergara and Anna Ekelund (8-6) at the No. 2 position to give the Lady Bulldogs its lone victory in doubles play.
Gardner-Webb fought back in singles play, taking five of the six matches to seal the overall victory. At the No. 2 position, Oprea defeated Kimber Redfern (6-2, 6-1), Gouveia defeated Vergara (6-4, 6-4) at the No. 3 spot, and Kasey Ellis earned a victory over Candace Cunningham (6-2, 5-7, 6-1) at the No. 4 position.
At the No. 5 position, Ronia Hutterli earned a hard fought victory over Iveta Guneva (6-4, 4-6, 6-3). The freshman from Duebendorf, Switzerland has currently won four consecutive matches, and has an overall singles record of 8-2 for the 2010 season.
Tavenner Black picked up the win at the No. 6 position, defeating Ekelund (7-5, 6-4) to give the Lady Bulldogs another singles victory.
The team will have one day of rest before travelling to Greensboro, NC to take on UNC-Greensboro Thursday afternoon at 2:00 PM.
RESULTS
Gardner-Webb 5, Charlotte 2
DOUBLES
1. Ana Spivakovsky/Alexandra Zinn (CHA) def. ELLIS, Kasey/WHITE, Erica (GWU) 8-5
2. GOUVEIA, Rita/OPREA, Ioana (GWU) def. Gabi Vergara/Anna Ekelund (CHA) 8-6
3. Candace Cunningham/Andrea Rivera (CHA) def. BLACK, Tavenner/HUTTERLI, Ronia (GWU) 9-8 (7-5)
SINGLES
1. Andrea Rivera (CHA) def. WHITE, Erica (GWU) 6-1, 6-4
2. OPREA, Ioana (GWU) def. Kimber Redfern (CHA) 6-2, 6-1
3. GOUVEIA, Rita (GWU) def. Gabi Vergara (CHA) 6-4, 6-4
4. ELLIS, Kasey (GWU) def. Candace Cunningham (CHA) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
5. HUTTERLI, Ronia (GWU) def. Iveta Guneva (CHA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
6. BLACK, Tavenner (GWU) def. Anna Ekelund (CHA) 7-5, 6-4
