March 15, 2023 | Women's Tennis
CHARLOTTE – Gardner-Webb swept the weekly awards for Women's Tennis on Wednesday from the Big South conference after the team split a pair of conference matches last week. Elise Semmartin was selected as the player of the week while Valeria Lloclla was named the freshman of the week.
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Semmartin (Fortenilles, France) won all four of her matches during the week in a narrow 3-4 loss to Presbyterian followed by GWU's first Big South win of the year over Campbell by a 5-2 score. She improved to 5-0 against Big South opponents across all matches this season with the wins this week.
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She won 6-0 on #3 doubles on Tuesday in the first match to conclude then claimed the win in the first singles match to conclude. Semmartin moved up a flight and had a 6-2, 6-1 win on the #4 court. She sealed the doubles point with a 6-4 win on Thursday from position #3. Semmartin clinched the team's opening league win of 2023 with her 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 victory from flight #5 against Campbell.Â
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Lloclla (Lima, Peru) won all four of her matches during the week in a narrow loss to Presbyterian followed by GWU's first Big South win of the year over Campbell. She improved to 3-0 against Big South foes in singles play with both wins this week.
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She won 6-0 on #3 doubles on Tuesday in the first match to conclude then pushed the team's lead to 3-0 with her singles victory. Lloclla played up a flight as she had a 6-1, 6-3 win on the #3 court. She sealed the doubles point with a 6-4 win on Thursday from position #3. Lloclla ended the Campbell match with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-5 (3) victory on court #4 for GWU's fifth point of the day.Â
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These mark the fifth and sixth awards from the conference for Gardner-Webb to win this season, three of each award. This was Lloclla's second time to be named freshman of the week and Semmartin's first time receiving a weekly award from the Big South.
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Gardner-Webb will look to build on their success from this season with a nonconference match at North Carolina A&T this afternoon and a Big South matchup at Radford (0-1) on Saturday.
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Semmartin (Fortenilles, France) won all four of her matches during the week in a narrow 3-4 loss to Presbyterian followed by GWU's first Big South win of the year over Campbell by a 5-2 score. She improved to 5-0 against Big South opponents across all matches this season with the wins this week.
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She won 6-0 on #3 doubles on Tuesday in the first match to conclude then claimed the win in the first singles match to conclude. Semmartin moved up a flight and had a 6-2, 6-1 win on the #4 court. She sealed the doubles point with a 6-4 win on Thursday from position #3. Semmartin clinched the team's opening league win of 2023 with her 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 victory from flight #5 against Campbell.Â
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Lloclla (Lima, Peru) won all four of her matches during the week in a narrow loss to Presbyterian followed by GWU's first Big South win of the year over Campbell. She improved to 3-0 against Big South foes in singles play with both wins this week.
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She won 6-0 on #3 doubles on Tuesday in the first match to conclude then pushed the team's lead to 3-0 with her singles victory. Lloclla played up a flight as she had a 6-1, 6-3 win on the #3 court. She sealed the doubles point with a 6-4 win on Thursday from position #3. Lloclla ended the Campbell match with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-5 (3) victory on court #4 for GWU's fifth point of the day.Â
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These mark the fifth and sixth awards from the conference for Gardner-Webb to win this season, three of each award. This was Lloclla's second time to be named freshman of the week and Semmartin's first time receiving a weekly award from the Big South.
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Gardner-Webb will look to build on their success from this season with a nonconference match at North Carolina A&T this afternoon and a Big South matchup at Radford (0-1) on Saturday.
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