April 7, 2010

GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina recorded consecutive non-conference victories over Richmond (6-1) and Mount Olive (7-0) in doubleheader action Tuesday afternoon at the ECU Tennis Complex.

The pair of triumphs improved the Lady Pirates' spring dual match record to 14-7 while Richmond and Mount Olive dropped to 5-9 and 7-11, respectively.

In the opener against Richmond, ECU clinched the doubles point after an 8-3 win by Natalie Collins and Tamara Sachs at No.1 and an 8-5 win by Petra Vogel and Yilian Zhang over Isabel Arana and Kelly Tidwell at No. 3. Jessica Cook and Audrey LePottier dismissed Erin Clark and Helen Cunningham, 8-6, to complete doubles action.

Collins, LePottier, Vogel, Zhang and Cook, were all victorious in singles play at the No. 3, No. 4, No. 2 and No. 1 positions, respectively. Collins rolled past Sydney Grant (6-4, 6-2), LePottier defeated Joanna Matuszczyk (6-4, 6-2), Vogel knocked off Cunningham (6-4, 7-5), Zhang dispatched Mariana Arana (6-4, 6-4) and Cook outlasted Tidwell (3-6, 6-0, 6-0) to help East Carolina cruise past the Spiders. Arana recorded the lone point for Richmond with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Abby Richmond at the No. 6 singles flight.

Against Mount Olive, ECU combined to record a 24-2 doubles ledger and a 73-14 singles mark during its shutout. Tandems Richmond/Sachs as well as Kristin Gordon and Sheelah Iyengar each recorded 8-0 victories to help East Carolina tally the doubles point while Cook and Zhang defeated Sofia Medeiros and Jessica Souza,8-2, to complete the sweep. Iyengar posted a 6-0, 6-0 win over Kelly Dunlap to open singles play followed by Collins and Zhang who each registered straight-set 6-0, 6-1 wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 slots to capture the team win.

The Lady Pirates completed the singles sweep with A. Richmond 's 6-3, 6-0 win over Pietra Viana at No. 3, Sachs' 6-1, 6-2 victory over Medeiros at No.4 and Gordon's 6-1, 7-5 win over Patricia Guedes at No.5.

East Carolina will be back in action on Saturday for a doubleheader against Davidson (10:00 a.m.) and Presbyterian (2:00 p.m.) at the ECU Tennis Complex.

EAST CAROLINA 6, RICHMOND 1
Singles Play
No. 1 - Jessica Cook (ECU) def. Kelly Tidwell (RU); 3-6, 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 - Petra Vogel (ECU) def. Helen Cunningham (RU); 6-4, 7-5
No. 3 - Natalie Collins (ECU) def. Sydney Grant (RU); 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 - Audrey LePottier (ECU) def. Joanna Matuszczyk (RU); 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 - Yilian Zhang(ECU) def. Mariana Arana (RU); 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 - Isabel Arana (RU) def. Abby Richmond (ECU); 6-4, 6-3
Doubles Play
No. 1 - Collins/Tamara Sachs (ECU) def. Grant/Matuszczyk (RU); 8-3
No. 2 - Cook/Audrey LePottier (ECU) def. Erin Clark/Cunningham (RU); 8-6
No. 3 - Vogel/ Zhang (ECU) def. I. Arana/Tidwell (RU); 8-5
Team Records: Richmond 5-9, East Carolina 13-7

EAST CAROLINA 7, MOUNT OLIVE 0
Singles Play
No. 1 - Natalie Collins (ECU) def. Jessica Souza (MOC); 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 - Yilian Zhang (ECU) def. Camila Kurebayashi (MOC); 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 - Abby Richmond (ECU) def. Pietra Viana (MOC); 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 - Tamara Sachs (ECU) def. Sofia Medeiros (MOC); 6-1,6-2
No. 5 - Kristin Gordon (ECU) def. Patricia Guedes (MOC); 6-1, 7-5
No. 6 - Sheelah Iyengar (ECU) def. Kelly Dunlap (MOC); 6-0, 6-0
Doubles Play
No. 1 - Cook/Yilian Zhang def. Medeiros/Souza (MOC); 8-2
No. 2 - Richmond/Sachs def. Kurebayashi/Viana (MOC); 8-0
No. 3 - Gordon/Iyengar def. Dunlap/Guedes (MOC); 8-0
Team Records: Mount Olive 7-11, East Carolina 14-7,

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