Hilton Head, S.C.----The Wingate University women’s tennis team started its Spring Break trip in a big way, defeating the University of Charleston (W.Va.) 7-2 Sunday. Wingate is the number 39 team in the Campbell’s Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) top 50 rankings, while Charleston is the number 34 team.

Wingate plays East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Monday. The West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion UC Golden Eagles face Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) College Monday.

Wingate’s freshman trio of Ali Evers (Roswell, Ga.), Morgan Winston (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and Olivia Poole (Boca Raton, Fla.) won two matches each Sunday. In the number two singles match, Evers defeated UC junior Sarah Monsheimer (Silver Spring, Md.) 6-3, 6-2. Winston blanked Golden Eagle freshman Mallika Mali (Brisbane, Australia) 6-0, 6-0 at the number three flight, while Poole defeated UC senior Christina Samoilov (Toronto, Ontario) 6-0, 6-2 at the number four position.

Evers and junior Samantha Alschlager (Indian Trail, N.C.) defeated junior Marcela Torres (Bogota, Colombia) and sophomore Ilaisanna Carter (Beckley, W.Va.) 8-3 in the number two doubles match. Winston and Poole topped Mali and Samoilov 8-2 at the number three doubles flight.

Wingate sophomore Helen Goreski (Oakville, Ontario) earned a victory at the number six singles flight. She defeated Golden Eagle sophomore Davina Holtfretter (Luetjensee, Germany) 7-5, 6-1. Bulldog senior Kara Stasikelis (Greer, S.C.) won the battle of the number one players, taking a 6-3, 6-3 decision over Torres.

Wingate will play four NCAA Division II matches during its Spring Break trip to Hilton Head. In addition to Charleston and East Stroudsburg, the Bulldogs will face Bloomsburg Tuesday and Kutztown Wednesday.

Wingate 7, Charleston (W.Va.) 2

March 6, 2011

Hilton Head, S.C.

 

Singles competition

1. Kara Stasikelis (WIN) def. Marcela Torres (UC) 6-3, 6-3

2. Ali Evers (WIN) def. Sarah Monsheimer (UC) 6-3, 6-2

3. Morgan Winston (WIN) def. Mallika Mali (UC) 6-0, 6-0

4. Olivia Poole (WIN) def. Christina Samoilov (UC) 6-0, 6-2

5. Ilaisanna Carter (UC) def. Kelli Ferguson (WIN) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (7)

6. Helen Goreski (WIN) def. Davina Holtfretter (UC) 7-5, 6-1

 

Doubles competition

1. Monsheimer/Laura Smith (UC) def. Stasikelis/Ferguson (WIN) 9-7

2. Evers/Samantha Alschlager (WIN) def. Torres/Carter (UC) 8-3

3. Winston/Poole (WIN) def. Mali/Samoilov (UC) 8-2

 

Records:  #39 Wingate 7-1 overall, #34 Charleston (W.Va.) 16-2 overall