University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics

Tuesday, March 21
Asheville, NC
2 pm

UNC Asheville

vs

Gardner-Webb

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Women's Tennis Hosts a Pair of Matches This Week

03.20.2023 | Women's Tennis

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville women's tennis hosts a pair of matches this week at the Asheville Racquet Club, welcoming Gardner-Webb on Tuesday (Mar. 21) in Big South Conference action before taking on Milligan in non-conference action. The Gardner-Webb match is set for a 2:00 p.m. start, while the match against Milligan will start at 3:30 p.m.

About Asheville - The Bulldogs come into the week on an 11-match winning streak at 11-1 overall and 3-0 in the Big South Conference. UNC Asheville is sporting a combined 25-7 doubles record on the season, along with a combined 54-17 singles record. Ari Siegel and Linge Steenkamp have posted nine wins in doubles play, while the teams of Ami Grace Dougah and Rosie Dickson and Elizabeth Tindera and Valeria Centeno each have eight wins in doubles play. Dougah and Steenkamp each have 11 wins in singles play, while Tindera also has nine and Centeno has eight. Avery Sager has won seven singles matches on the year, while Dickson has picked up six wins and Beatrice Faureng and Siegel have each won one singles match on the season. 

About Gardner-Webb - Gardner-Webb comes into the matchup at 5-6 overall and 1-2 in the Big South Conference after a 5-2 win at North Carolina A&T on Mar. 15. The Runnin' Bulldogs own a combined 15-16 doubles record, as well as a combined 33-32 singles record. The tandem of Manon Delsol and Emilia Roslund leads the team with four wins in doubles play, while the teams of Delsol and Katie Watts and Valeria Llocclla and Elise Semmartin each have three doubles wins. The team of Courtney Fyvie and Maria Jardim has two doubles wins, while three other doubles pairs each have one win. Roslund and Semmartin lead the team in singles wins with seven, while Lloclla has six and Delsol has five. Jardim and Cayline Le Grange each have three wins, while Watts also has two.

About Milligan - Milligan comes into the matchup at 6-6 overall and 2-2 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference after a 7-0 win over Columbia College on Saturday (Mar. 18).  

Series History - This will be the 16th all-time matchup between Asheville and Gardner-Webb, with Gardner-Webb leading the series 9-6. Gardner-Webb won the last matchup between the two programs 5-2 back on Mar. 2, 2022. This will be the first all-time matchup between Asheville and Milligan.  
 

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