SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford women's tennis team dropped their first conference matchup on Thursday afternoon, falling to ETSU 6-1 at Reeves Tennis Center. The Terriers pushed two singles matches to three sets, though, the Bucs took four of the six in straight sets to move to 6-8 and 1-0 in the SoCon. Despite the loss, sophomore
Jenna Vroman picked up her 11
th singles victory on the day as Wofford drops to 9-5 overall and 1-1 in conference.
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ETSU started off taking No. 2 doubles, as
Lilie Steryous and
Liz Massie fell to Raquel Amaro and Yi Chi Ma.
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Cassidy Hicks and
Jenna Vroman answered for the Terriers with yet another dominant display on the No. 1 court, dropping Laylo Bakhodirova and Alejandra Morales, 6-2, for their eighth consecutive and 10
th doubles win of the season.
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No. 3 doubles featured a tight matchup between
Kay Kluska and
Brittney Wilbur and ETSU's Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga and Yunuen Elizarraras. The two teams traded points, though, Pascual and Elizarraras would hold on for the 6-4 win to earn the doubles point for the Bucs.
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The Bucs kept their momentum rolling heading into singles, taking matches on the No. 3 and No. 2 courts in straight sets to open up a 3-0 lead.
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Steryous fell to Pascual-Larrinaga in No. 3 singles, while
Cassidy Hicks fought hard in the second set to Alejandra Morales on court No. 2, but came up short, 6-2, 6-4.
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Sophomore
Jenna Vroman kept her hot streak going in No. 1 singles, picking up a solid win over Bakhodirova, 6-4, 7-5, for her eighth consecutive singles victory this year.
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With the match at 3-1,
Kay Kluska (No. 4) and
Brittney Wilbur (No. 5) rallied back to force tiebreaker sets on their respective courts.
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In the midst of the comebacks, senior
Curran Carver suffered her first loss of the season on the No. 6 court to ETSU's Yi Chi Ma to clinch the match for the Bucs, 4-1.
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Kluska battled on the No. 4 court with Raquel Amaro, but unfortunately came up short in the third set, 6-3, as Yuenen Elizarraras would eventually prevail over Wilbur in a hard-fought matchup, 6-4, to end the match at 6-1 for the Bucs' first conference win of the year.
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Next, the Terriers look to get back in the win column against Chattanooga on Saturday, March 23, at Reeves Tennis Center. First serve is scheduled for 10 a.m.
