Runnin' Bulldogs Drop 4-3 Decision to East Carolina Saturday Afternoon
April 03, 2011 | Women's Tennis
GREENVILLE, N.C. - The Gardner-Webb women's tennis team dropped a 4-3 decision to East Carolina in non-conference play Saturday afternoon at the ECU Tennis Complex.
Gardner-Webb fell to 9-4 overall, while ECU improved to 16-7 on the season.
GWU fell to an early 0-1 deficit following doubles play, where the Pirates took all three matches to earn the doubles point, which proved to be the deciding point of the overall match.
In singles action, Laura Kriett defeated Natalie Collins (6-2, 0-6, 6-3) at the No. 2 position, Jenny Lunde blanked Petra Vogel (6-0, 6-0) at the No. 3 spot, and Ronia Hutterli defeated Neena Wanko (6-1, 6-3) at the No. 4 position.
The Runnin' Bulldogs will next be in action Monday afternoon as they host Liberty. The match is set for a 1:00 PM start time at the Webb Tennis Complex.
RESULTS
East Carolina 4, Gardner-Webb 3
DOUBLES
1. Natalie Collins/Petra Vogel (ECU) def. Jenny Lunde/Ioana
Oprea (GWU) 8-4
2. Manon Bissat/Neena Wanko (ECU) def. Rita Gouveia/Laura Kriett
(GWU) 8-2
3. Jessica Cook/Yilian Zhang (ECU) def. Tavenner Black/Ronia
Hutterli (GWU) 8-3
1. Jessica Cook (ECU) def. Ioana Oprea (GWU) 6-1, 6-3
2. Laura Kriett (GWU) def. Natalie Collins (ECU) 6-2, 0-6, 6-3
3. Jenny Lunde (GWU) def. Petra Vogel (ECU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Ronia Hutterli (GWU) def. Neena Wanko (ECU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Yilian Zhang (ECU) def. Rita Gouveia (GWU) 6-0, 6-3
6. Manon Bissat (ECU) def. Tavenner Black (GWU) 6-1, 6-0
