ROCK HILL, S.C. - Alexandra Walters bested Winthrop's Ekin Gunaysu in a battle of last week's Big South Conference honorees, but it was not enough for Charleston Southern to prevail as the Eagles downed the Bucs, 5-2, on Friday afternoon.

Walters and Gunaysu earned league player and freshman of the week honors for the period from March 12-18, but it was CSU's (9-3, 2-1) Walters who made quick work of Gunaysu. The Adelaide, Australia native rolled to a 6-1 first set win, before blanking Gunaysu 6-0 to clinch the match.

Outside of a victory by Alia Nour at number six singles, however, it was all Winthrop (8-10, 4-0) as the Eagles claimed the top four singles bouts as well as all three doubles matchups.

CSU is back in action bright and early Saturday at 10 a.m. versus Gardner-Webb. The Bucs defeated the Runnin' Bulldogs, 4-3, at the Buccaneer Tennis Center last season.

Results
Winthrop 5, Charleston Southern 2

Singles competition:
1. ALKEMA, Yasmine (WUW) def. Olga Makhova (CSU) 6-2, 6-2
2. GARCIA, Andressa (WUW) def. Angelica Sidorenko (CSU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
3. HERRERA, Sandra (WUW) def. Yvonne Hubler (CSU) 6-2, 6-2
4. PORTIOLI, Giovanna (WUW) def. Marija Dzakovic (CSU) 6-0, 6-3
5. Alexandra Walters (CSU) def. GUNAYSU, Ekin (WUW) 6-1, 6-0
6. Alia Nour (CSU) def. AGUADO, Monica (WUW) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition:
1. ALKEMA, Yasmine/GARCIA, Andressa (WUW) def. Olga Makhova/Marija Dzakovic (CSU) 8-2
2. HERRERA, Sandra/PORTIOLI, Giovanna (WUW) def. Yvonne Hubler/Alexandra Walters (CSU) 8-1
3. GUNAYSU, Ekin/AGUADO, Monica (WUW) def. Angelica Sidorenko/Alia Nour (CSU) 8-5