Sunday, April 10
Chattanooga, Tenn.
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‘Cats Nearly Score First SoCon Win in W. Tennis, Fall 4-3 at UTC
4/10/2011 7:24:41 PM | Women's Tennis
Gavin McFarlin -- Assistant SID
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Hunting for thier first Southern Conference win of the season, the Davidson women's tennis team nearly came away with it, but fell in the end, 4-3, to host Chattanooga on Sunday afternoon.
Davidson saw its record fall to 4-17 overall and 0-7 in SoCon play, while the Mocs improved to 10-9 overall and 5-3 in league action.
The team of Alison Rauh (Trier, Germany) and Stephani Synn (Conover, N.C.) at No. 2 doubles scored a 9-7 win, their first as a pair, but Davidson dropped 8-2 and 8-6 decisions at No. 1 and 3 positions giving the Mocs the early 1-0 lead.
That proved to be the difference as both teams split the six singles matches, each winning three apiece. Synn carried her doubles winning ways into her first singles match since Feb. 20 with a 7-5, 0-6, 1-0 (10-8) win at No. 2. The junior had been out with an injury as she netted her third singles win of the season when she picked up the super tie-breaker win in the final set, 10-8.
Brites Moniz-Soares (Angra Do Heroismo, Portugal) did the same, picking up a super tie-breaker win by the same score over Emily Hangstefer at No. 3. The freshman erased an early one-set deficit with a 6-2 win in the second set and then captured the super tie-breaker, 10-8.
Moniz-Soares paces the team with seven singles wins and earned her first career SoCon win with the victory today.
Giving the Wildcats their final point of the day was Romina Clemente (Canton, Ohio), who also earned a super tie-breaker win in the final set. She had split her first two sets with Diana Zora at No. 6 singles, 7-6, 2-6, and since the overall match had been decided a super tie-breaker was played. In the tie-breaker, Clemente picked up her fourth singles win of the season with a 10-8 win.
Davidson returns home for a quick turn-around match against Wofford on Tuesday, Apr. 12 at 3 p.m.
Davidson saw its record fall to 4-17 overall and 0-7 in SoCon play, while the Mocs improved to 10-9 overall and 5-3 in league action.
The team of Alison Rauh (Trier, Germany) and Stephani Synn (Conover, N.C.) at No. 2 doubles scored a 9-7 win, their first as a pair, but Davidson dropped 8-2 and 8-6 decisions at No. 1 and 3 positions giving the Mocs the early 1-0 lead.
That proved to be the difference as both teams split the six singles matches, each winning three apiece. Synn carried her doubles winning ways into her first singles match since Feb. 20 with a 7-5, 0-6, 1-0 (10-8) win at No. 2. The junior had been out with an injury as she netted her third singles win of the season when she picked up the super tie-breaker win in the final set, 10-8.
Brites Moniz-Soares (Angra Do Heroismo, Portugal) did the same, picking up a super tie-breaker win by the same score over Emily Hangstefer at No. 3. The freshman erased an early one-set deficit with a 6-2 win in the second set and then captured the super tie-breaker, 10-8.
Moniz-Soares paces the team with seven singles wins and earned her first career SoCon win with the victory today.
Giving the Wildcats their final point of the day was Romina Clemente (Canton, Ohio), who also earned a super tie-breaker win in the final set. She had split her first two sets with Diana Zora at No. 6 singles, 7-6, 2-6, and since the overall match had been decided a super tie-breaker was played. In the tie-breaker, Clemente picked up her fourth singles win of the season with a 10-8 win.
Davidson returns home for a quick turn-around match against Wofford on Tuesday, Apr. 12 at 3 p.m.
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