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CSU Downs Jacksonville State, 6-1
3/14/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Charleston Southern, playing host Jacksonville State Monday, March 14 at the Buccaneer Tennis Center, defeated the Gamecocks, 6-1. The Buccaneers won all three doubles matches and five out of six singles contests to claim the team victory.
With the win, CSU is now 3-4, having won three out of its last four completed matches. Jacksonville State falls to 4-8 on the season, having lost for the second day in a row.
CSU earned the first point of the match by sweeping all three doubles contests. Alia Nour and Brooke Pletcher defeated Ralphaela Lima and Raisa Guasti, 8-1, at No. 2 doubles to give CSU its first win. The No. 1 pair of Olga Makhova and Marija Dzakovic downed Marani Vivane and Maritna Dessbesell, 8-1, earning the doubles point for the Bucs. Heather Isbell and Alexandra Walters won their doubles match at No. 3, 8-5.
The Bucs won the first three singles matches, clinching the match victory with a straight-sets (6-2, 6-4) win by Dzakovic at No. 2 singles. Brooke Pletcher, competing at No. 1 singles for the first time this season, defeated Dessbesell, 6-0, 6-2. Alexandra Walters earned victory in the No. 6 match, downing Kelly Tomlin by a 6-2, 6-0 score.
Jacksonville State triumphed for the only time on the day in the No. 4 singles match, as Juliana Renesto beat Isbell, 6-2, 6-4.
CSU freshman Alia Nour won her fourth straight singles match, defeating Guasti at No. 3. Nour won the first set, 6-4, and dropped the second set 7-5 before winning the tie-breaker, 10-7. Susita Das earned a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) victory over Rafaela Wenzel, ending the match with CSU winning, 6-1.
The Buccaneers conclude their three-match by playing host to Southern Illinois Tuesday, March 15 at 2 p.m.
Charleston Southern (3-4) def. Jacksonville State (4-8),
6-1
Buccaneer Tennis Center
Charleston, S.C. - March 14, 2011
Singles Competition
1. Brooke Pletcher (CSU) d. Martina Dessbesell (JSU) 6-0,
6-2
2. Marija Dzakovic (CSU) d. Raisa Guasti (JSU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Alia Nour (CSU) d. Ralphaela Lima (JSU) 6-4, 5-7, 10-7
4. Juliana Renesto (JSU) d. Heather Isbell (CSU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Susita Das (CSU) d. Rafaela Wenzel (JSU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
6. Alexandra Walters (CSU) d. Kelly Tomlin (JSU) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles Competition
1. Olga Makhova/Marija Dzakovic (CSU) d. Marani
Vivane/Martina Dessbesell (JSU) 8-1
2. Alia Nour/Brooke Pletcher (CSU) d. Ralphaela Lima/Raisa Guasti
(JSU) 8-1
3. Heather Isbell/Alexandra Walters (CSU) d. Kelly Tomlin/Rafaela
Wenzel (JSU) 8-5
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3) Singles (1,6,2,4,3,5)
