SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford women’s tennis team dropped a 4-3 decision to UAB Sunday afternoon at the Reeves Tennis Center.

With the loss, Wofford drops to 3-6 overall, while UAB improves to 4-6 overall.

Action began with doubles play, where the pairing of Sarah Evans and Othilis Lindqvist downed Paula Alvarez and Isabel Fernandez (8-1), but UAB took the remaining two matches to give the Blazers the early 1-0 advantage.

The Blazers built their advantage at the onset of singles play, taking matches at the No. 5, No. 3 and No. 2 positions to seal the overall victory.  At the No. 1 spot, Sarah Evans defeated Isabel Fernandez (7-5, 6-3), and Othilia Lindqvist defeated Menanteau Moolman (7-6, 6-7, 10-3) in a third-set tiebreaker at the No. 4 position.  Samantha Sullivan earned a win at the No. 6 position by default.

The Terriers will take an extended break in action before opening Southern Conference play on Saturday, March 17th at College of Charleston.  The match is slated for a start time of 1:00 p.m.

RESULTS
UAB 4, Wofford 3

DOUBLES
1. Sarah Evans/Othilia Lindqvist (WOF) def. Paula Alvarez/Isabel Fernandez (UAB) 8-1
2. Rachel Daniell/Menanteau Moolman (UAB) def. Julia Paulson/Samantha Sullivan (WOF) 8-4
3. Caroline Faught/Sarah Witkowski (UAB) def. Lucy Schermerhorn/Audrey Coventry (WOF) 8-3

SINGLES
1. Sarah Evans (WOF) def. Isabel Fernandez (UAB) 7-5, 6-3
2. Paula Alvarez (UAB) def. Julia Paulson (WOF) 6-4, 6-4
3. Rachel Daniell (UAB) def. Audrey Coventry (WOF) 6-4, 6-2
4. Othilia Lindqvist (WOF) def. Menanteau Moolman (UAB) 7-6, 6-7, 10-3
5. Caroline Faught (UAB) def. Emily Przystawski (WOF) 6-1, 6-2
6. Samantha Sullivan (WOF) def. No player (UAB), by default