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Tennis splits SAC home opener vs Limestone
Posted: Mar 01, 2023

Tennis splits SAC home opener vs Limestone

Box Score
Team Stats
Doubles
  • Alexandra Parra / Vicky Beardsley def. Maria Gomez Yanes / Camila Barranco 6-4
  • Sofia Hernandez / Carolina Correia def. A. Kiszner-Luca / Monika Temkova 6-3
  • Nika Dundovic / Tina Gomes def. Sara Valentini / Anastasiia Khriapko 7-6
Singles
  • A. Kiszner-Luca def. Lena Friedrich 6-2, 6-1
  • Miya Ami def. Maria Gomez Yanes 6-2, 6-4
  • Alexandra Parra def. Monika Temkova 6-3, 6-1
  • Matilde Moretti def. Camila Barranco 6-3, 6-0
  • Carolina Correia def. Sara Valentini 6-3, 7-6
  • Maria Radu def. Veronika Poliakova 7-6, 6-4

Salisbury, N.C. —- The Catawba College tennis teams split their South Atlantic Conference home opener on Wednesday afternoon, as the women defeated the Saints 5-2 and the men fell 4-3. Catawba's women improve to 3-0 on the season, while the men drop to 1-2.

Catawba's women took all three doubles matches to earn the point. Alexandra Parra and Vicky Beardsley took the match 6-4, Sofia Hernandez and Carolina Correia won 6-3 and Nika Dundovic and Tina Gomes took the final doubles match 7-6.

The Catawba Indians took four of six singles matches to earn the point as well – Miya Ami won 6-2, 6-4, Parra took it 6-3, 6-1, Matilde Moretti earned a 6-3, 6-0 win and Correia won #5 singles 6-3, 7-6.

The men also won their doubles point as Marcos Castares and Taketoshi Nanao took the first doubles match 7-6 before Paul Dekester and Sebastian Zabala won 6-2.

The Saints took four of six singles matches to earn the win, however. Dekester won his second match of the day 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, as did Zabala by the final 6-0, 4-6, 6-3.

Both teams continue SAC play on the road this weekend, facing Carson-Newman on Saturday.