University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Longwood University
Women’s Tennis travels to Longwood and Campbell this weekend
03.19.2021 | Women's Tennis
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville women's tennis team returns to the court on Saturday and Sunday, traveling to Longwood (12:00 p.m.) and Campbell (1:00 p.m.), respectively.
The Bulldogs are 3-5 on the season, dropping their lone conference match at Gardner-Webb on Tuesday (4-3). In singles action, Liz Alet Morkel has had an extremely strong season, going 6-1 at the No. 1 flight. Ami Grace Dougah is 6-2 overall, going 5-2 at the No. 2 flight. As a duo, Dougah and Rosie Dickson are 5-1 at the No. 1 doubles position while Morkel and Taylor and Love are 5-3 as a tandem.
Scouting the Lancers
Since 2005, the Lancers and the Bulldogs have met nine times, with Asheville taking eight matchups overall with the Lancers snapping the win streak with a 5-2 win in 2018-19. Longwood is 3-5 on the season and 0-2 in Big South play, but is coming off a pair of 7-0 wins over Chowan and N.C. A&T. Emma Nurgazieva has picked up the most singles wins (4-3), going 3-1 at the No. 1 flight. Maria Saez and Nina Hederich have teamed up to go 3-2 as a pair.
Scouting the Camels
Campbell has gotten the better of Asheville over the years, going 10-1. The lone win in the series came in 2016-17 as the Bulldogs edged the Camels 4-3 in Buies Creek. The Camels enter this weekend with a 2-4 record, falling to Charleston Southern 5-2 on Wednesday, hosting Radford on Friday (March 20). Individually, Ana Castillos has gone 2-2 at the No. 1 singles flight, while Castillo and Anna-Marie Kopecka are 3-1.
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