CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – UNCG Women's Tennis fell to the Chattanooga Mocs at the Southern Conference Championships on Friday afternoon at Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Spartans fell 4-0 to the Mocs, and fall to 8-13 on the season. Chattanooga advances to the SoCon Championships Semifinals and improve to 15-7 on the season.
The Spartans dropped two matches in the doubles portion as they were unable to record the point. The pair of Soumeya Anane (Coventry, Great Britain/Tile Hill Wood School) and Amy Ellis (Cheshire, Great Britain/Queenswood School) fell at No. 1, 6-4. Sarah Swiderski (Wesley Chapel, Fla./Saddlebrook Prep) and Blaine Boaz (Dunwoody, Ga./Saint Pius X) dropped No. 2, 6-4. Masey DeMoss (Mayodan, N.C./McMichael) and Yasmin Franco (Largo, Fla./Indian Rocks Christian) did not finish their match at No. 3.
UNCG dropped the three matches that finished in the singles portion of the event. Anane fell at No. 1, 6-3, 6-1. Boaz fell at No. 5, 6-1, 6-0, and DeMoss fell at No. 4, 6-3, 6-4 for the last match of the event. The matches of Swiderski, Ellis and Jamie Grinberg (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill) did not finish as the Mocs earned the match-clinching point prior to the completion of those matches.
Singles competition
1. Kayla Jones (UTC) def. Soumeya Anane (UNCG) 6-3, 6-1
2. Kelsey Coots (UTC) vs. Sarah Swiderski (UNCG) 7-6 (7-4), 4-2, unfinished
3. Samantha Caswell (UTC) vs. Amy Ellis (UNCG) 6-2, 5-4, unfinished
4. Alison Storie (UTC) def. Masey DeMoss (UNCG) 6-3, 6-4
5. Katie Polk (UTC) def. Blaine Boaz (UNCG) 6-1, 6-0
6. Delaney Edwards (UTC) vs. Jamie Grinberg (UNCG) 5-7, 0-1, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Kayla Jones/Kelsey Coots (UTC) def. Soumeya Anane/Amy Ellis (UNCG) 6-4
2. Samantha Caswell/Katie Polk (UTC) def. Sarah Swiderski/Blaine Boaz (UNCG) 6-4
3. Alison Storie/Rachele Gazzola (UTC) vs. Masey DeMoss/Yasmin Franco (UNCG) 3-5, unfinished
Match Notes:
UNCG 8-13
Chattanooga 15-7
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (5,1,4)
30 minute lightning delay during doubles play.
T-3:53 A-112
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