No. 38 Wingate Defeats Women's Tennis
The Mars Hill women’s tennis team lost 7-2 to No. 38 Wingate at the Hart Tennis Complex on Monday afternoon.
MARS HILL, N.C. - The Mars Hill women's tennis team lost 7-2 to No. 38 Wingate at the Hart Tennis Complex on Monday afternoon. Mars Hill falls to 6-8 overall and 4-4 in conference play, while Wingate improves to 14-4 overall and 7-0 in the league.
Reigning SAC Player of the Week Tatiana Dualiby won her eighth straight singles match with a 6-2, 6-7, 7-5 win over Ali Evers. In the third singles flight, Anna Rickenbaker defeated Becca Thomas 6-3, 6-2. In the final match of the day, Dafna Porat lost to Sierra Parsons in a third set tiebreaker, 2-6, 6-0, 1-0 (5).
Wingate won all three doubles matches, including a hard-fought 9-7 decision in number one doubles with Evers and Thomas topping Dualiby and Lucy McLaurin.
Mars Hill returns to action on Wednesday, hosting Carson-Newman at 2 p.m.
Tennis Match Results
Wingate vs Mars Hill University
Mar 31, 2014 at Mars Hill, N.C.
(Hart Tennis Complex)
#38 Wingate 7, Mars Hill University 2
Singles competition
1. Tatiana Dualiby (MHUW) def. Ali Evers (WU) 6-2, 6-7, 7-5
2. Caroline Holland (WU) def. Lucy McLaurin (MHUW) 6-3, 6-1
3. Anna Rickenbaker (MHUW) def. Becca Thomas (WU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Layla Tanik (WU) def. Jade Henke (MHUW) 6-0, 6-0
5. Tiffany Williams (WU) def. Natalie Hilbig (MHUW) 6-3, 6-0
6. Sierra Parsons (WU) def. Dafna Porat (MHUW) 2-6, 6-0, 1-0 (5)
1. Ali Evers/Becca Thomas (WU) def. Tatiana Dualiby/Lucy McLaurin (MHUW) 9-7
2. Layla Tanik/Tiffany Williams (WU) def. Anna Rickenbaker/Jade Henke (MHUW) 8-2
3. Caroline Holland/Morgan Winston (WU) def. Natalie Hilbig/Dafna Porat (MHUW) 8-1
Match Notes:
Wingate 14-4; National ranking #38; Regional ranking #5
Mars Hill University 6-8
T-4:30 A-50
