UNCG falls to East Tennessee State, 7-0

GREENSBORO, NC – East Tennessee State won five of six singles matches in straight sets on its way to a 7-0 win over UNC Greensboro in women’s tennis action Sunday afternoon.

The Spartans (7-7) only won one set on the afternoon. That came at No. 6 singles where Jess Eblen won the opening set over Whitney Trotter, 6-4, but then lost the second set, 6-2, and lost the 10-point tiebreaker, 10-2.

UNCG will look to bounce back when it returns to conference play on Wednesday at Elon. The match is slated for 3 pm.

AGATE

East Tennessee State 7, UNCG 0

Singles: Masha Ilina (ETSU) def. Arielle Von Strolley 6-4, 6-4; Yevgeniya Stupak (ETSU) def. Erica Zabkar 6-3, 6-1; Olya Batsula (ETSU) def. Whitney Miles 6-4, 6-2; Tara Byrne (ETSU) def. Courtney Akel 6-3, 6-1; Elena Volobueva (ETSU) def. Valerie Behr 6-2, 6-3; Whitney Trotter (ETSU) def. Jess Eblen 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-2).

Doubles: Ilina/Batsula (ETSU) def. Von Strolley/Zabkar 8-3; Stupak/Volobueva (ETSU) def. Behr/Eblen 8-6; Byrne/Vita Moskaliova (ETSU) def. Miles/Akel 8-4.

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