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CHARLESTON, S.C. - Charleston Southern saw their eight match
winning streak come to an end on Saturday afternoon as the
Buccaneers suffered their first loss in the month of March and
first loss in Big South Conference play in the 2013 season to the
visiting Winthrop Eagles, 4-3.
Winthrop improves to 9-9 overall, 4-0 in Big South action on the
year, while Charleston Southern falls to 9-5, 5-1 in Big South
action.
In a match featuring two of the top teams in the Big South
Conference coming into the season, the afternoon lived up to its
billing at the Buccaneer Tennis Complex with the teams swapping
blows in doubles play, while three singles matches went into the
full third set.
Doubles action saw Winthrop take the opening point of the match
as the Eagles won on courts 1 and 3, while Alexandra Walters and
Yvonne Hubler improved to 8-1 on the season with a win on court no.
2 for the Bucs.
Yasmine Alkema and Andressa Garcia topped CSU's Alia Nour and
Angelica Sidorenko on court no. 1 in doubles action, winning 8-5,
while Caitlin Cridlan and Ekin Gunaysu topped Susita Das and
Marketa Placha on court no. 3, 8-2.
Hubler and Walters provided the lone victory in doubles play for
the Bucs, topping Alice Garcia and Giovanna Portiolli, 8-5.
Moving on to singles action, Walters and Nour both improved to
6-0 in Big South Conference action with wins on courts 4 and 5,
while Placha fought back from a first set loss to winning in three
sets on court no. 1
However, Winthrop took wins on courts no. 2, 3 and 6 to complete
the 4-3 victory.
Walters topped Cridland on court no. 4, winning in straight sets
6-3, 6-2, while Nour topped Gunaysu on court no. 5, winning 6-4,
4-6, 7-5.
Placha gave the Bucs their third win of the afternoon on court
no. 1, topping Andressa Garcia after dropping the first set, 6-2.
Placha rebounded to take the second set 6-4 and rallied for the win
with the 7-6 (7-5) victory.
Portioli defeated Sidorenko on court no. 3, 6-0, 6-3, while
Chanel Bell fell on court no. 6 to Tijana Uzelac, 6-2, 6-0.
Alice Garcia took the win for the Eagles on court no. 2,
clinching the match with the 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Hubler.
Charleston Southern returns to the road next week as the Bucs
travel to Lynchburg, Va. to take on Liberty University on April 5.
The Bucs remain on the road the following day in Radford, Va.,
taking on the Highlanders on April 6.