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Women’s Tennis earns 4-3 win at Campbell Sunday
03.21.2021 | Women's Tennis
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – The UNC Asheville women's tennis team wrapped up its busy weekend of play on Sunday afternoon, with Ami Grace Dougah's three-set victory lifting the Bulldogs to a 4-3 win at Campbell.
After Campbell took two of the three doubles matches to earn the team point, the match came down two singles action in which Rosie Dickson and Dougah closed out their opponents to move the Bulldogs to 5-5 overall and 2-1 in Big South play, following Saturday's 6-1 win at Longwood.
Linge Steenkamp continued her strong collegiate start, winning 6-1, 6-0 at the No. 6 flight to move to 2-0 individually. At the No. 1 flight, Liz Alet Morkel took down her opponent in straight sets (6-4, 6-1), and Dickson grabbed a win at the No. 5 singles 6-1, 7-6. With both teams sitting with three points apiece, Dougah dropped her first set (4-6) at the No. 2 singles position, but battled back to grab the second 6-3, before closing out Rhona Cook 6-4 as Asheville finished its weekend a perfect 2-0.
Asheville returns home on Saturday (March 27), hosting Gardner-Webb at 2:00 p.m.
UNC Asheville 4, Campbell 3
Doubles:
1. CASTILLO, Ana/KOPECKA, Anna-Marie (CAM-W) def. DOUGAH, Ami Grace/DICKSON, Rosie (AVL-W) 6-4
2. COOK, Rhona/OSSA, Mariana (CAM-W) vs. MORKEL, Lize Alet/LOVE, Taylor (AVL-W) unfinished
3. HART, Tamsin/GINES, Sandra (CAM-W) def. FAURENG, Beatrice/TARANTO, Brianna (AVL-W) 6-2
Singles:
1. MORKEL, Lize Alet (AVL-W) def. CASTILLO, Ana (CAM-W) 6-4, 6-1
2. DOUGAH, Ami Grace (AVL-W) def. COOK, Rhona (CAM-W) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. KOPECKA, Anna-Marie (CAM-W) def. HORVAT, Anastasia (AVL-W) 6-4, 6-3
4. OSSA, Mariana (CAM-W) def. LOVE, Taylor (AVL-W) 6-3, 6-3
5. DICKSON, Rosie (AVL-W) def. HART, Tamsin (CAM-W) 6-1, 7-6
6. STEENKAMP, Linge (AVL-W) def. GINES, Sandra (CAM-W) 6-1, 6-0
Records: Campbell 2-6 (0-2); Asheville 5-5 (2-1)
Order of Finish: Singles 6,4,1,3,5,2; Doubles 3,1
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
