University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics

Saturday, March 31
Radford, VA
1:00 PM

UNC Asheville

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Radford University

Bulldogs Drop Heartbreaker on Road at Radford Image
Photo by: Adrian Etheridge

Bulldogs Drop Heartbreaker on Road at Radford

03.31.2018 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

RADFORD, Va. – UNC Asheville narrowly missed on a league road win at Radford with the Bulldogs falling 4-3 on Saturday, March 31.

The match opened with Radford (9-8, 3-3 Big South Conference) taking what would prove to be a pivotal doubles point over UNC Asheville (9-8, 2-4 Big South Conference).

UNC Asheville despite losing the doubles point did take one win in doubles with the No. 1 duo of Kylee Shipley and Hannah Francisco earning a 7-6 (7-4) victory over Radford's Natalie Sayer and Tyler Blalock. Shipley and Francisco are now an impressive 13-4 on the 2018 spring season.

The Bulldogs took wins in singles at the No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 spots.

Francisco secured the win at No. 4 singles with a 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 win over Blalock, while Amalie Davidsen collected a 6-4, 6-2 at No. 5 singles over Zoe Fraser.

Taylor Love garnered a hard-fought 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (12-10) win over Jeanie Acierto at No. 6 singles.

UNC Asheville will next welcome league foe Presbyterian College to the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4.
 
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