April 7, 2009

Box Score

GREENVILLE, N.C. - Alejandra Guerra and Arielle VonStrolley's 8-3 victory over Jessica Cook and Varinia Soler in a No. 1 doubles match earned the Spartans' opening point and eventually proved to be the difference as UNC Greensboro edged East Carolina 4-3 in non-conference women's tennis action Tuesday afternoon.

The Lady Pirates, who suffered their third-straight loss, fell to 10-6 on the year while the Spartans improved to 11-5.

Guerra and VonStrolley clinched the first tally after Valerie Behr and Lucy Dougherty opened doubles play with an 8-0 win over Rocio Cabanillas and Brooke Walter at the No. 2 slot. ECU bounced back to prevent a sweep with an 8-5 victory by Natalie Collins and Tamara Sachs in a No. 3 meeting against Britney Cloer and Jessica Eblen.

In singles play, the Lady Pirates picked up victories at the No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6 positions as Soler outlasted Behr (6-1, 7-5), Walters defeated Cloer (6-4, 6-4) and Sachs cruised past Eblen (6-4, 6-3).

UNCG used wins by Guerra over Cook (6-0, 6-1) at No. 1, VonStrolley over Collins (6-2, 6-4) at No. 3 and Dougherty over Cabanillas (6-0, 6-0) at No. 5 to capture the other three matches.

The Lady Pirates will travel to Greensboro Friday for a split doubleheader against North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central beginning at 10 a.m.

UNC GREENSBORO 4, EAST CAROLINA 3
Singles Play
No. 1 - Alejandra Guerra (UNCG) def. Jessica Cook (ECU); 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 - Varinia Soler (ECU) def. Valerie Behr (UNCG); 6-1, 7-5
No. 3 - Arielle VonStrolley (UNCG) def. Natalie Collins (ECU); 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 - Brooke Walter (ECU) def. Britney Cloer (UNCG); 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 - Lucy Dougherty (UNCG) def. Rocio Cabanillas (ECU); 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 - Tamara Sachs (ECU) def. Jessica Eblen (UNCG); 6-4, 6-3
Doubles Play
No. 1 - Guerra/VonStrolley (UNCG) def. Cook/Soler (ECU); 8-3
No. 2 - Behr/Dougherty (UNCG) def. Cabanillas/Walter (ECU); 8-0
No. 3 - Collins/Sachs (ECU) def. Cloer/Eblen (UNCG); 8-5
Team Records: UNC Greensboro 11-5, East Carolina 10-6