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University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Longwood University
Asheville Sweeps Longwood in Conference Opener
02.13.2016 | Women's Tennis
THE RUNDOWN
Score: Asheville 7 – Longwood 0
Records: Asheville (3-1, 1-0 BSC)
Longwood University (2-3, 0-1 BSC)
Location: Asheville Racquet Club/ Asheville, N.C.
Time: 3:00 p.m.
ASHEVILLE– The UNC Asheville Women's Tennis team delivered a dominant win over Longwood in their first conference match of the season.
NOTABLES
-The Bulldogs started strong with a clean sweep of the doubles matches, collecting victories on all three courts. The duo of Hannah Francisco and Kylee Shipley won on court one (6-4), Christin Louw and Ericka Rivero on court two (6-3) and Lauren Brooker and Hunter Hall on court three (6-2).
-Asheville sealed the match in singles play producing wins on all six court to sweep the Lancers 7-0. Francisco picked up a win on court one (6-4, 6-1), Rivero on court three (6-1, 4-6, 6-3), Amalie Davidsen (7-5, 6-3). Hunter Hall delivered a victory on court four (6-2, 7-5), Brooker on court five (6-3, 6-1) and Christin Louw on court six (6-0, 6-3).
-This is Asheville's second 7-0 victory of the season. In all three of Asheville's season victories the Bulldogs have only surrendered one point. Mars Hill took a match off the Bulldogs in singles play in the first match of the season.
QUOATABLES FROM HEAD COACH LISE GREGORY
On the Match: “I'm really pleased with how well we competed today. Longwood is a good team and we jumped on them early with some aggressive doubles.”
UP NEXT
Following today's match, the Bulldogs will travel to Birmingham, Alabama to face Birmingham Southern next Saturday, February 20 at 2:00 p.m.
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