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University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN
Tennis Drops Pair to Birmingham-Southern - UNC Asheville Bulldogs Official Athletics Site
01.01.1970 | Women's Tennis
March 30, 2005
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Both the Birmingham-Southern men's and women's tennis team won close matches on Wednesday to record a pair of Big South Conference wins over UNC Asheville Wednesday afternoon at the UNCA Tennis Center. The Panthers won the men's match, 5-2, while the women's team picked up a 7-0 victory.
In the men's match, BSC won the doubles point when the team of Mauricio Engler-Richard Turner edged the Bulldogs team of Julien Vulliez-Paul Ambrose, 9-8. The teams had split their other two matches.
In singles play, the Panthers won three three-set matches to pick up the victory. Paul Ambrose and Adam Branks both picked up victories for UNC Asheville.
In the women's match, BSC captured the doubles point and the won three singles matches in three sets to cruise to the victory.
"We just didn't win any close matches today," commented Asheville coach Chase Hodges. "We lost some really close three-set matches that if we could have won would have turned the matches around. Birmingham-Southern has two good teams and you just have to give them credit for picking up key victories."
The Bulldog men's squad dropped to 12-3 on the season and 2-2 in the Big South. The loss ended a seven-game winning streak. The UNCA women's team fell to 11-6 on the season and 2-4 in the league. The Panther men improved to 9-5 overall and 5-1 in the league. The BSC women are now 9-8 overall and 4-2 in the Big South.
Here are the results of the match.
MEN Birmingham-Southern 5, UNC Asheville 2 Singles 1. Eric Baumgardner (BSC) d. Julien Vulliez, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 2. Thomas Richter (BSC) d. John Rambotas, 6-7, 6-3, 6-0 3. Paul Ambrose (UNCA) d. Mauricio Engler, 7-5, 7-6 4. Philipp Hass (BSC) d. Mauricio Correa, 6-4, 7-6 5. Richard Turner (BSC) d. Rob Nunnery, 6-7, 6-4, 10-4 6. Adam Branks (UNCA) d. David Ray, 6-4, 6-1 Doubles 1. Engler-Turner (BSC) d. Vuliez-Ambrose, 9-8 2. Baumgardner-Richter (BSC) d. Rambotas-Branks, 8-5 3. Correa-Nunnery (UNCA) d. Haas-Ray, 8-2
WOMEN Birmingham-Southern 7, UNC Asheville 0 Singles 1. Jennifer Williams (BSC) d. Natasha Luck, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 2. Rachel Malina (BSC) d. Rachel Rhoney, 2-6, 7-6, 6-2 3. Daisy Humphrey (BSC) d. Mary Katherine Fitzgerald, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2 4. Casey Ragsdale (BSC) d. Lindsay Boykin, 6-2, 6-2 5. Cammie Nix (BSC) d. Whitney Abbott, 6-4, 6-2 6. Stephanie Boucher (BSC) d. Rachel Poole, 6-2, 7-6 Doubles 1.Malina-Nix (BSC) d. Lucki-Rhoney, 8-6 2. Williams-Ragsdale (BSC) d. Fitzgerald-Morgan Martin, 8-4 3. Boucher-Humphrey (BSC) d. Abbott-Poole, 8-6
