Box Score The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team posted a 7-0 shutout at Mercer today. The Lady Mocs evened their record at 4-4 with the non-conference road win while the Bears dropped to 2-3.
Mercer could only suit up five players, forcing them to forfeit both the No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles matches. Chattanooga took the doubles point behind junior Shaina Singh (Vancouver, B.C.) and sophomore Jenna Nurik's (Roswell, Ga.) team-leading 10th win of the year. They defeated Amanda Bertoni and Lucie Payrat, 8-3, to improve to 10-5.
Junior Emily Hangstefer (Signal Mountain, Tenn.) and freshman Alexa Flynn (Memphis, Tenn.) also won their doubles match at No. 1, downing Jennifer Lada and Aurelie de Montjou, 8-2.
UTC went up 2-0 when senior Annie Green (Alpharetta, Ga.) took the forfeit at No. 6. Junior Charlotte Bossy (Koekelare, Belgium) followed that with a 6-0, 6-0 shutout of Sarah Hanna at No. 5.
Hangstefer secured the win with her 6-2, 6-0 win over Payrat at No. 3. She snapped a six-match losing streak in singles play for her first win of the spring. Nurik, Flynn and Singh all closed out the day with wins in their singles matches.
"We came down here and took care of business," stated head coach Jeff Clark. "It is great to get a 7-0 win and get some momentum going into the weekend. Hopefully, we can continue this strong play against Western Carolina on Saturday."
The Lady Mocs return to Southern Conference action on Saturday when they host the Catamounts at 1:00 p.m. (E.S.T.) on the UTC Tennis Courts. Live scoring for the match will be available on GoMocs.com.
Chattanooga 7, Mercer 0
March 2, 2011 at Macon, Ga. (Mercer University)
Doubles competition
1. Alexa Flynn-Emily Hangstefer (UTC) def. Jennifer Lada-Aurelie de Montjou (MER) - 8-2
2. Jenna Nurik-Shaina Singh (UTC) def. Amanda Bertoni-Lucie Payrat (MER) - 8-3
3. Charlotte Bossy-Annie Green (UTC) won by forfeit
Singles competition
1. Jenna Nurik (UTC) def. Jennifer Lada (MER) - 6-1, 6-2
2. Alexa Flynn (UTC) def. Aurelie de Montjou (MER) - 6-1, 6-3
3. Emily Hangstefer (UTC) def. Lucie Payrat (MER) - 6-2, 6-0
4. Shaina Singh (UTC) def. Amanda Bertoni (MER) - 6-4, 6-1
5. Charlotte Bossy (UTC) def. Sarah Hanna (MER) - 6-0, 6-0
6. Annie Green (UTC) won by forfeit
