BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Charleston Southern powered past Gardner-Webb on Senior Day 5-2 for their fourteenth consecutive Big South victory. The 'Dogs now sit 3
rd at 5-2 within the conference.
The day began with the Buccaneers winning on courts 1 and 3 to clinch the doubles point. The #2 match went unfinished with GWU's pair leading 5-2 went it was called.
In singles,
Teodora Ristic claimed her tenth win-in-a-row in a dominant 6-0, 6-0 decision in the topflight. Following this, CSU's Tiffany Pyritz won in straight sets on court 5 with Madalina Man defeating
Maria Jardim at 3 to push the Bucs' lead to 3-1.
Elin Hellberg held on for a 6-3, 7-5 victory at position 4. The day ended with Charleston Southern overcoming first set losses in the #2 and #6 flights to win those matches and clinch the team win.
The Runnin' Bulldogs have a match at Presbyterian (4-2) on Wednesday, April 6 at 1:30 p.m. to end the season. With a win in this match, GWU would finish no worse than 3
rd in the Big South standings.