The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team scored a 5-2 win over Western Carolina at the UTC Tennis Center today.  The Mocs improve to 8-5 overall, while evening their Southern Conference record at 1-1. 

Junior Bogdana Zaporozhets and freshman Jessie Young moved to 10-2 at No. 2 doubles with their win today.  Sophomore Lilly Holmes and freshman Callie Billman clinched the point at No. 3. 

In singles action, Young was first off the court with a straight-sets win at No. 1,improving her record to 7-5 in the top spot.  Holmes snapped a three-match slide with her win at No. 4, giving the Mocs a 3-0 lead.

Western Carolina took the next two points at No. 5 and No. 2, before Billman closed it out with a three-set win at No. 6.  She moved to 6-1 in the bottom of the lineup and is 9-2 in singles overall this spring.

Sophomore Polina Goloputova won her third match in a row, scoring a straight-sets win at No. 3 to close out the scoring.  That win evened her spring singles record at 5-5.

UP next for the Mocs is a trip to Samford to face the Bulldogs on March 14.  The next home match is March 18 at Noon (E.D.T.) against Georgia Tech. 

Chattanooga 5, Western Carolina 2
03/07/2020 at Chattanooga, Tenn, (UTC Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Jessie Young (UTC) def. Jordan Strickland (WCU) 6-0, 6-3
2. Jacy Smith (WCU) def. Bogdana Zaporozhets (UTC) 6-4, 6-4
3. Polina Goloputova (UTC) def. Jordyn King (WCU) 7-5, 7-5
4. Lilly Holmes (UTC) def. Carli Deehr (WCU) 6-1, 6-2
5. Lauren McCall (WCU) def. Emma Van Hee (UTC) 6-0, 6-2
6. Callie Billman (UTC) def. Emily Elliott (WCU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Jordan Strickland/Jacy Smith (WCU) def. #76 Emma Van Hee/Caroline Gibbens (UTC) def. 6-4
2. Bogdana Zaporozhets/Jessie Young (UTC) def. Carli Deehr/Emily Elliott (WCU) 6-2
3. Lilly Holmes/Callie Billman (UTC) def. Jordyn King/Lauren McCall (WCU) 6-4

Match Notes
Western Carolina 0-9, 0-3 SoCon
Chattanooga 8-5, 1-1 SoCon
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (1,4,5,2,6,3)
T-2:45 A-27