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Nicole Schon wins Clinching Match to Give Bulldogs 4-3 Victory Over Kennesaw State
02.07.2009 | Women's Tennis
ASHEVILLE, N.C. ? Nicole Schon won a three-set clincher against Kennesaw State's Mercedes Cabos to give UNC Asheville a 4-3 victory over the Owls on Saturday afternoon at Asheville High School.
Schon won the first set 6-4, but Cabos took the second set 7-5. Schon swept Cabos 6-0 in the deciding set.“It was nice for Nikki Schon to win the clinching match,” said head coach Lise Gregory. “It's always good to see someone step up in a pressure packed situation.”
In doubles, Leslie Smith and Stephanie Schon defeated KSU's Vera Schkundia and Tanaka 8-3. Louise Bottomley and Cavanaugh captured an 8-3 victory over Cabos and Alena Sergeychik.
The win pushes UNC Asheville to 2-1 on the season.
The Bulldogs return to the court on Feb. 10 against North
Carolina A&T in
Singles
#1 Vera Shkundina (KSU) def. Leslie Smith (UNCA) 6-2, 6-2
#2
#3 Nicole Schon (UNCA) def. Mercedes Cabos (KSU) 6-3, 5-7,
6-0
#4 Stephanie Schon (UNCA) def. Morgan Carney (KSU) 6-4, 6-4
#5 Alena Sergeychik (KSU def. Louise Bottomley (UNCA) 6-4, 6-1
#6 MacKenzie Swindall (KSU) def. Tania Mateva (UNCA) 6-2,
6-3
Doubles
#1 Leslie Smith/Nicole Schon (UNCA) def. Vera Shkundia/Ayano
Tanaka (KSU) 8-3
#2 Louise Bottomley/Devon Cavanaugh def. Morgan Carney/Mercedes Cabos
(KSU) 8-3
#3 Agatha Palider/MacKenzie Swindall (KSU) def. Nicole
Schon/Tess Darling (UNCA) 8-4
