Eagles Continue Flight Over Competition

Sunday, February 1

Statesboro, GA

1 pm

Georgia Southern University

SCAD-Savannah

2/1/2015 8:48:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Georgia Southern Dominates SCAD 7-0 To Remain Perfect On Season

By: Erika Brennan

Statesboro, Ga. – The Eagles blanked visiting Savannah College of Art & Design Sunday from the Wallis Tennis Center 7-0. With the win, Georgia Southern remains perfect on the season at 3-0.

"I was very pleased with how the girls came out strong today," said Head Coach Michele Stanford. "They battled, and even if they went down, they fought back and created opportunities to win. It was a great day on the courts, and I am so proud of this team."

At No. 1 doubles, Mary Phillips Smith and Anne Kurzweil paired to defeat Maria Barragan and Camille Gbaquidi 6-2. Francisca Norregaard and Daria Vasekina got the job done at No. 2 doubles as they beat Mistecky and Carolina Viteri 7-5. In the No. 3 position, Jordana Klein and Giulia Riepe took down Gianna Mitchell and Daniella Arclia 6-2.

The first singles point was earned by Riepe at the No. 4 spot as she defeated Viteri 6-1, 6-2. Moments later, Norregaard made it 3-0 in favor of the Eagles when she beat Mitchell 6-2, 6-3 at No. 6 singles.

The match was clinched 4-0 by No. 3 singles competitor Kurzweil. She defeated Mistecky 6-4, 6-2.

Although the match was won, the remaining Eagles played on for pride. Smith defeated Barragan 6-3, 7-6, (9-7) at No. 2 singles. At one point in the match, Barragan needed just one game to clinch the set while Smith had only won 1 game. With the score of 5-1 in favor of Barragan, Smith came rallying back to win the next 6 games in a row to take the set 7-6 (9-7).

Vaskina handled Karina Rovira at No. 5 singles, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 and Klein dispatched Gbaguida at the No. 1 position 5-7, 6-3, (10-5).

The Eagles take their perfect record on the road when they travel to Deland, Florida to challenge Stetson University Friday February 6th at 2 p.m. They will then take on Florida Atlantic Saturday February 7th at 10:30 a.m.

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