Feb. 23, 2007

GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina women's tennis team tallied the doubles point and later secured a 4-3 non-conference triumph over Coastal Carolina with a pair of three-set singles wins by Luiza Borges and Varinia Soler Friday afternoon at the ECU Tennis Complex.

ECU improved its mark to 10-5 on the season while the Lady Chanticleers suffered their first loss of the year after opening the campaign with six straight victories.

The Lady Pirates quickly built a lead and clinched the doubles point when the second-seeded tandem of Borges and Mireia Gol posted an 8-6 victory over Sarize Coetzee and Kimberely Webb. Alex Smith and Brooke Walter opened pairs play with an 8-1 win over Maria Camberos and Tina Petkova to take a 1-0 advantage.

In singles play, the two teams split six matches with East Carolina picking up victories at the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5 flights. Gol defeated Coetzee (7-5, 6-3), Borges fought past Amy Pazahanick (6-0, 4-6, 6-1) and Soler outlasted Sofie Ahlberg (4-6, 7-6, 6-2) to account for the Lady Pirates' tallies.

Coastal Carolina used triumphs by Hayley Rudman over Anca Dumitri (6-1, 6-4) at No. 1, Webb over Walter (6-2, 6-2) at No. 4 and Camberos over Smith (6-7, 6-2, 6-3) at No. 6 to capture the other three matches.

East Carolina will take a week off before hosting Southern Conference member Wofford Saturday, March 3 beginning at 10:00 a.m.

EAST CAROLINA 4, COASTAL CAROLINA 3
Singles Play
No. 1 - Hayley Rudman (CCU) def. Anca Dumitru (ECU); 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 - Mireia Gol (ECU) def. Sarize Coetzee (CCU); 7-5, 6-3
No. 3 - Luiza Borges (ECU) def. Amy Pazahanick (CCU); 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
No. 4 - Kimberely Webb (CCU) def. Brooke Walter (ECU); 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 - Varinia Soler (ECU) def. Sofie Ahlberg (CCU); 4-6, 7-6, 6-2
No. 6 - Maria Camberos (CCU) def. Alex Smith (ECU); 6-7, 6-2, 6-3
Doubles Play
No. 1 - Pazahanick/Rudman (CCU) def. Dumitru/Soler (ECU); 9-8
No. 2 - Borges/Gol (ECU) def. Coetzee/Webb (CCU); 8-6
No. 3 - Smith/Walter (ECU) def. Camberos/Tina Petkova (CCU); 8-1
Team Records: East Carolina 10-5, Coastal Carolina 6-1