BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell stretched its women's tennis win streak to four matches with a 6-1 triumph over Presbyterian Sunday at the Nisbet Tennis Center.
The Camels (9-7, 4-1 Big South) won their seventh in the last eight outings while dealing the Blue Hose (5-10, 3-1) their first league loss of the season.
CU captured the doubles point for the fourth-straight contest as
Rhona Cook and
Mialy Ranaivo won their fifth-consecutive match.
Mariana Ossa and
Sandra Gines added their fourth-straight doubles win.
In singles play, Cook and
Marissa Pennings won the top two matches in straight sets, surrendering a combined six games. Pennings won her ninth-straight singles match and improved to 12-4 on the spring season, 5-0 in Big South play.
Making her singles debut of the spring, freshman
Abbie Tyler provided the decisive point at No. 6 singles with a 6-3, 7-6 victory. Gines and Ranaivo followed with three-set wins to provide the fifth and sixth points.
Campbell returns to action next weekend with 1:00 p.m. starts Friday at Radford and Saturday at UNC Asheville.
3/27/2022 at Buies Creek, NC
(Nisbet Tennis Center)
Campbell 6, Presbyterian 1
Singles
1.
Rhona Cook (CAM-W) def. JAMAL, Zeba (PCW) 6-2, 6-0
2.
Marissa Pennings (CAM-W) def. LEEMAN, Jessica (PCW) 6-3, 6-1
3.
Mialy Ranaivo (CAM-W) def. SANCHEZ, Claudia (PCW) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
4.
Sandra Gines (CAM-W) def. PIEDRA, Lucianna (PCW) 7-5, 1-6, 6-0
5. LACEY, Beth (PCW) def.
Mariana Ossa (CAM-W) 6-2, 6-4
6.
Abbie Tyler (CAM-W) def. DE SOUSA, Valentina (PCW) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
Doubles
1.
Rhona Cook/
Mialy Ranaivo (CAM-W) def. SANCHEZ, Claudia/LEEMAN, Jessica (PCW) 6-3
2.
Marissa Pennings/
Abbie Tyler (CAM-W) vs. LACEY, Beth/JAMAL, Zeba (PCW) 5-1, unfinished
3.
Mariana Ossa/
Sandra Gines (CAM-W) def. PIEDRA, Lucianna/DE SOUSA, Valentina (PCW) 6-1
Records: Presbyterian 5-10, 3-1 Big South; Campbell 9-7, 4-1 Big South
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (1,2,5,6,4,3)