The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team won its sixth consecutive match with a 5-2 victory against USC Upstate in the first dual at the new UTC Tennis Center today.  Chattanooga moves to 6-2 overall, while the Spartans dropped to 1-7 on the year. 

The Mocs opened their new facility by taking the doubles point and four of six singles matches.  Upstate struck first with a win at No. 3 doubles, but the Mocs responded when senior Annie Tarwater and sophomore Bogdana Zaporozhets scored a 6-4 win at No. 2. 

Senior Delaney Edwards and sophomore Emma Van Hee clinched the opening point with a 6-2 win at No. 1.  They improved to 5-2 overall in the Mocs' top doubles position. 
Upstate evened the score with a win at No. 1 singles, but that was about all the drama there would be on the day.  UTC breezed through straight set wins from senior Caroline Hall at No. 3, freshman Polina Goloputova at No. 2 and Edwards at No. 4 to grab the team win. 

The Spartans scored again with a win at No. 6, while Van Hee was battling back after dropping her first set at No. 5.  She won the second, then the super-tiebreaker, to take the match [5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (4)].

Hall and Van Hee both won for the sixth time in a row, while Goloputova extended her winning streak to four games. 

"I felt like it was a really good win today," stated UTC head coach Chad Camper.  "It was the first outdoor match of the year at home on a windy day.  I thought we did a really good job finding a way to win.  I thought Annie Tarwater really raised her game in doubles and helped us get the doubles point. 

"I think Caroline Hall and Delaney Edwards, being seniors, really stepped up and pushed us to get the three and four spots.  I couldn't be happier.  We have a battle tomorrow with UT Martin, but our program is getting better.  Each girl on the team keeps finding a way to win." 

The Mocs are back in action tomorrow against UT Martin at 2:00 p.m. (E.S.T.) at the UTC Tennis Center.  Live scoring for that match is available on the women's tennis schedule page on GoMocs.com. 

Chattanooga 5, USC-Upstate 2
02/24/2019 at Chattanooga, Tenn. (UTC Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Victoria Saldh (USCU) def. Bogdona Zaporozhets (UTC) 6-1, 6-3
2. Polina Goloputova (UTC) def. Maria Jardim (USCU) 6-4, 6-1
3. Caroline Hall (UTC) def. Noelia Acuna (USCU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Delaney Edwards (UTC) def. Vale Zarama (USCU) 6-0, 6-2
5. Emma Van Hee (UTC) def. Ana Boza (USCU) 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (10-4)
6. Elin Heilberg (USCU) def. Anna Didkovskaya (UTC) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Delaney Edwards/Emma Van Hee (UTC) def. Maria Jardim/Vale Zarama (USCU) 6-2
2. Annie Tarwater/Bogdona Zaporozhets (UTC) def. Elin Heilberg/Victoria Saldh (USCU) 6-4
3. Noelia Acuna/Gabriela Cevallos (USCU) def. Polina Goloputova/Caroline Hall (UTC) 6-2

Match Notes
USC-Upstate 1-7
Chattanooga 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,3,2,4,5,6)
T-2:18 A-32