Box Score The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team posted its second consecutive sweep to start the spring season with a 7-0 win at Belmont Saturday night. The Lady Mocs logged five straight-set wins in singles action, improving to 2-0 overall.
Chattanooga took two of three doubles matches to open up with a 1-0 lead. Senior Emily Hangstefer (Signal Mountain, Tenn.) and sophomore Alexa Flynn (Memphis, Tenn.) began with a quick 8-2 win at No. 1. Junior Jenna Nurik (Roswell, Ga.) and freshman Kaylene Chadwell (Franklin, Tenn.) followed with an 8-2 win of their own at No. 2.
With the point decided the third match went the distance. Belmont's Catherine Holliday and Nikki Maciel scored an 8-7 win over UTC seniors Charlotte Bossy (Koekelare, Belgium) and Shaina Singh (Vancouver, B.C.). Holliday and Maciel won the final tiebreaker 7-4.
Teams were playing on four courts, which may have slowed the match, but not the Lady Mocs. UTC only dropped five total games in the first sets of matches 1-4. Chadwell was first off the court, closing out Maciel (6-1, 6-1) at No. 2. Hangstefer was next with a (6-0, 6-4) win over Laura Stack at No. 4. She improved to 8-1 in singles, 2-0 in spring action.
Flynn clinched the match with her (6-3, 6-3) win over Carolyn Caire at No. 3. Nurik upped her singles mark to 10-3 with a (6-2, 6-3) win over Fabiana Mersan at No. 1.
Bossy dropped just two games in her win at No. 6 while Singh was pushed to a third set at No. 5. With the match decided, Singh and Holliday played a 10-point super-tiebreaker. Singh won that 10-7 and completed the sweep for Chattanooga.
UTC has three more matches on this road swing with a visit to Murray, Ky., next weekend. The Lady Mocs will face Evansville on a neutral court on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 2:00 p.m. (E.S.T.). They will then face Murray State on Sunday, Feb. 12, also at 2:00 p.m. After a trip to Middle Tennessee on Feb. 23, Chattanooga's next home match will be against Kennesaw State on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 1:00 p.m. on the UTC Tennis Courts.
Chattanooga 7, Belmont 0
Doubles competition
1. Alexa Flynn/Emily Hangstefer (UTC) def. Carolyn Caire/Laura Stack (BEL) - 8-2
2. Kaylene Chadwell/Jenna Nurik (UTC) def. Fabiana Mersan/Natalia Nunes (BEL) - 8-2
3. Catherine Holliday/Nikki Maciel (BEL) def. Charlotte Bossy/Shaina Singh (UTC) - 8-7 (7-4)
Singles competition
1. Jenna Nurik (UTC) def. Fabiana Mersan (BEL) - 6-2, 6-3
2. Kaylene Chadwell (UTC) def. Nikki Maciel (BEL) - 6-1, 6-1
3. Alexa Flynn (UTC) def. Carolyn Caire (BEL) - 6-3, 6-3
4. Emily Hangstefer (UTC) def. Laura Stack (BEL) - 6-0, 6-4
5. Shaina Singh (UTC) def. Catherine Holliday (BEL) - 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)
6. Charlotte Bossy (UTC) def. Natalia Nunes (BEL) - 6-2, 6-0
