BUIES CREEK, N.C. – The Presbyterian College women's tennis team suffered a setback on Saturday with a Big South Conference loss at Campbell, 6-1.
PC moves to 7-10-1 on the year and 0-4 in the Big South. The Blue Hose return home with a 2 p.m. match against Charleston Southern at the Templeton Tennis Courts. Campbell improves to 11-5 overall and 4-1 in the Big South.
Patricia Alves (Campinas, Brazil) picked up PC's lone win with a fourth-flight win over Ana Maria Ortiz, 6-0, 3-6, 10-8. The victory gave the senior her team-leading 10th win on the season.
Campbell won all three doubles matches. PC nearly pulled out wins at the top two flights, with Greer Ransom (Athens, Ga.) and Courtney Gardiner (Powder Springs, Ga.) falling to Natasha Afridi and Tamara Stanic at the top flight, 8-7, while the No. 2 pairing of Alves and Kayla Stanford (Canton, Ga.) came up short against Karolina Chernaya and Claudia Ortiz, 8-6.
In singles, Lucia Leahy (Charlotte, N.C.) turned in a hard-fought match at No. 6 with a 6-4, 7-5 loss to Ewa Telenga. At the top flight, Chernaya downed Ransom, 6-1, 6-2, while Afridi handed Gardiner a 6-2, 6-4 loss. Stanic also won a third-flight match over Caroline Ferrari (Rome, Ga.), 6-3, 6-2 ,while Reichart won over deLoach at the fifth flight, 6-0, 6-1.
Singles competition
1. Karolina Chernaya (CAMW) def. RANSOM, Greer (PCW) 6-1, 6-2
2. Natasha Afridi (CAMW) def. GARDINER, Courtney (PCW) 6-2, 6-4
3. Tamara Stanic (CAMW) def. FERRARI, Caroline (PCW) 6-3, 6-2
4. ALVES, Patricia (PCW) def. Ana Maria Ortiz (CAMW) 6-0, 3-6, 10-8
5. Amelie Reichart (CAMW) def. deLOACH, Caroline (PCW) 6-0, 6-1
6. Ewa Telenga (CAMW) def. LEAHY, Lucia (PCW) 6-4, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Natasha Afridi/Tamara Stanic (CAMW) def. RANSOM, Greer/GARDINER, Courtney (PCW) 8-7
2. Karolina Chernaya/Claudia Ortiz (CAMW) def. ALVES, Patricia/STANFORD, Kayla (PCW) 8-6
3. Ana Maria Ortiz/Ewa Telenga (CAMW) def. deLOACH, Caroline/FERRARI, Caroline (PCW) 8-3
