Feb. 23, 2010

Buies Creek, N.C. - East Carolina secured the doubles point and used five singles wins to capture its fifth road victory of the season in a 6-1 non-conference triumph over Campbell Tuesday afternoon at the James Nisbet Tennis Center.

With the win, East Carolina improved to 7-3 while Campbell dropped to 3-3.

ECU enjoyed a strong start, taking two doubles matches to garner the opening point. An 8-5 victory by Jessica Cook and Audrey LePottier at the No. 1 position over Campbell’s Cristina Garcia and Ana Surviladze was followed by an 8-3 win by the tandem of Natalie Collins and Brooke Walter at No. 3 to secure the tally.

Campbell opened singles play with a victory in the No. 1 match as Sutton defeated Cook 7-5, 6-3 but the Pirates put the contest away by having the upper hand in the remaining five positions. LePottier dismissed Borislava Nikolova 6-4, 6-2 at No. 2, Collins turned back Surviladze 6-2, 6-4 at No. 3, Petra Vogel routed Gomar 6-0, 6-3 at No. 4, Walter cruised past Ros 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5 and Yilian Zhang defeated Nikoletta Kaposzta 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6.

The Pirates will be back in action tomorrow Wednesday, February 24 to host Elon at the ECU Tennis Complex.

EAST CAROLINA 6, CAMPBELL 1
Singles Play
No. 1 - Lisa Sutton (CAM) def. Jessica Cook (ECU); 7-5, 6-3
No. 2 - Audrey LePottier (ECU) def. Borislava Nikolova (CAM); 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 - Natalie Collins (ECU) def. Ana Surviladze (CAM); 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 - Petra Vogel (ECU) def. Anais Gomar (CAM); 6-0, 6-3
No. 5 - Brooke Walter (ECU) def. Lourdes Ros (CAM); 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 - Yilian Zhang (ECU) def. Nikoletta Kaposzta (CAM); 6-1, 6-1
Doubles Play
No. 1 - Cook/LePottier (ECU) def. Cristina Garcia/Surviladze (CAM); 8-5
No. 2 - Nikolova/Sutton (CAM) def. Vogel/Zhang (ECU); 8-5
No. 3 - Collins/Walter (ECU) def. Gomar/Blanca Saenz (CAM); 8-3
Team Records: Campbell 3-3, East Carolina 7-3