SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford College women's tennis team was defeated 6-1 by Samford on Sunday afternoon at the Reeves Tennis Center. The Bulldogs won the doubles point and then took five of the six closely contested singles matches.
In doubles, the Bulldogs took a 2-1 lead in all three matches and then had a 3-2 advantage on all three courts. They won 6-2 at #1 doubles and at #2 doubles. The Terriers duo of
Emma Sorensen and
Ansley Hardeman went up 5-4 before the Bulldogs rallied to win the next three games for a 7-5 win at the #3 position.
Samford opened singles play with a win at the #1 position. They added wins at #3 singles, #6 singles and #5 singles in straight sets to clinch the match. At #2 singles,
Lilie Steryous dropped the first set in a tiebreaker 7-6 (7-4). She won the second set 6-2 but lost the third set tiebreaker.
Georgia Fischer won the first set at #4 singles 6-2 then lost the second set in a tiebreaker 7-6 (8-6). In the third set tiebreaker, Fischer earned a 10-8 win for the Terriers.
Wofford (7-9, 1-4) plays at Western Carolina on Monday, April 11 in the final regular season road match of the season. Samford is 11-8 overall and 4-2 in league play.
Doubles Results
1. Van Rensburg/Lopez (SAM) def.
Liz Massie/
Lilie Steryous (WOF) 6-2
2. Song/Jablonski (SAM) def.
Georgia Fischer/
Lily Woods (WOF) 6-2
3. Nanere/Zaprianov (SAM) def.
Emma Sorensen/
Ansley Hardeman (WOF) 7-5
Singles Results
1. R.J. Van Rensburg (SAM) def.
Lily Woods (WOF) 6-1, 6-2
2. Samantha Nanere (SAM) def.
Lilie Steryous (WOF) 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 1-0 (10-2)
3. Alexis Lopez (SAM) def.
Liz Massie (WOF) 6-3, 6-3
4.
Georgia Fischer (WOF) def. Ally Hayduk (SAM) 6-2, 6-7 (6-8), 1-0 (10-8)
5. Sofia Zaprianov (SAM) def.
Emely Kahrs (WOF) 6-4, 6-3
6. Lindsay Song (SAM) def.
Breda Brennan (WOF) 6-2, 6-3
