BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Charleston Southern defeated Campbell 6-1 Monday afternoon at the James R. Nisbet Tennis Center in Big South conference action. The Buccaneers improved to 9-2, 4-0 while the Camels fell to 8-6, 2-3.
The Bucs got the early lead taking the doubles point, going three-of-three in doubles sets. Doubles one and two went quickly with CSU earning the 6-3 and 6-2 wins respectively, but Maud Mrad and Ewa Telenga pushed Annika Wagner and Kimberley Koerner to a 7-5 finish on court three.
In singles action, Koerner defeated Claire Bedi on court five in straight sets (6-4, 6-0) and Valeria Koussenkova beat Telenga on six by a score of 6-2, 6-4.
The remaining four courts would decide the match and all were close finishes. Irina Karangozishvili gave the Camels their first point (3-1) by defeating Nicolin Luecke on court one 6-3, 6-4. The two athletes shared co-player of the week laurels two weeks back, on March 9.
Isabel Boada dropped her first set to Gabriela Srodowski and forced a tiebreaker in the second but dropped 7-2 in the tiebreaker serves securing the match for Charleston Southern.
Courts two and three continued to play with each going three sets in exciting back-and-forth action. Georgina Segarra on court two dropped the first set 6-4 and came back to win the second in an 8-6 tiebreak. In the third set, Segarra led early, but Sophie Cloessner came back to win 10-7 for CSU's fifth team point.
The match between Mrad and Brianna Thompson went back-and-forth much like the match on court two. Mrad took set one in a 6-2 decision while Thompson won set two 6-4. Mrad led in the third set but Thompson came back to tie the match and force a tiebreak round. Thompson took the third set in a 7-2 tiebreaker to win the match for CSU 6-1.
The Camels have a few days off from play after playing three matches over the last five days. Campbell returns to the courts Friday and Saturday as they travel to Winthrop, Friday at 1 p.m. and UNC Asheville on Saturday at 10 a.m.
Charleston Southern 6, Campbell Univ. Women's Tennis 1
Singles competition
1. Karangozishvili, Irina (CAM-W) def. LUECKE, Nicolin (CSU) 6-3, 6-4
2. CLOESSNER, Sophie (CSU) def. Segarra, Georgina (CAM-W) 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 10-7
3. THOMPSON, Brianna (CSU) def. Mrad, Maud (CAM-W) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
4. SRODOWSKI, Gabriela (CSU) def. Boada, Isabel (CAM-W) 6-1, 7-6 (7-2)
5. KOERNER, Kimberley (CSU) def. Bedi, Claire (CAM-W) 6-4, 6-0
6. KOUSSENKOVA, Valeria (CSU) def. Telenga, Ewa (CAM-W) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. LUECKE, Nicolin/THOMPSON, Brianna (CSU) def. Karangozishvili, Irina/Asanin, Nina (CAM-W) 6-3
2. KOUSSENKOVA, Valeria/CLOESSNER, Sophie (CSU) def. Boada, Isabel/Segarra, Georgina (CAM-W) 6-2
3. WAGNER, Annika/KOERNER, Kimberley (CSU) def. Telenga, Ewa/Mrad, Maud (CAM-W) 7-5
Match Notes:
Charleston Southern 9-2, 4-0
Campbell Univ. Women's Tennis 8-6, 2-3
Order of finish: Doubles (2, 1, 3); Singles (5, 6, 1, 4, 2, 3)
T-3:20
