By Travis G. Lyles '15
Communication Studies Major-Mass Media
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. -- Jenny Lunde and Ronia Hutterli secured wins in singles competition at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, to lead tournament host and No. 8 Gardner-Webb University to a 4-0 Big South Conference Women's Tennis Championship first round victory against No. 9 Longwood University on Monday at the Webb Tennis Complex in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. The Lancers finish their season with a final record of 3-12, while the Runnin' Bulldogs (10-12) advance to play No. 1 Charleston Southern on Tuesday, April 15 at 11:30 a.m.
Gardner-Webb captured the doubles point as Lunde and Rokia Sacko defeated freshmen
Paloma Alatorre/ Katy, Texas and
Anna Pelak/McLean, 8-1 at No. 2, while the No. 3 team of Mary Walker Mixon and Teodora Stanciu defeated senior
Bethany Law/Ona, West Virginia and freshman
Mason Thomas/Buchanan Dam, Texas, 8-4.
The Runnin' Bulldogs took three singles contests to earn the team win as Lunde bested Alatorre, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 2, Hutterli defeated senior
Sarah Moomau/Winchester, 6-4, 6-2, at No. 3, and Catherine White defeated Law, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 6.
Doubles1. Yasmin Doost/Ronia Hutterli (GWU) vs.
Malin Allgurin/
Sarah Moomau (LONG) 7-6, unfinished
2. Jenny Lunde/Rokia Sacko (GWU) def.
Paloma Alatorre/
Anna Pelak (LONG) 8-1
3. Teodora Stanciu/Mary Walker Mixon (GWU) def.
Bethany Law/
Mason Thomas (LONG) 8-4
Singles1. Doost (GWU) vs. Allgurin (LONG) 6-4, 4-4, unfinished
2. Lunde (GWU) def. Alatorre (LONG) 6-3, 6-1
3. Hutterli (GWU) def. Moomau (LONG) 6-4, 6-2
4. Valeriia Popko (GWU) vs. Pelak (LONG) 6-2, 4-5, unfinished
5. Sacko (GWU) vs. Thomas (LONG) 6-2, 5-4, unfinished
6. Catherine White (GWU) def. Law (LONG) 6-2, 6-3
