Posted by Gene Renfro - Fri, Mar 28, 2008 - [ Women's Tennis ] - Viewed 110 times

MOUNT BERRY, Ga. - The Union College women's tennis team, ranked No. 19 in the country, lost two matches Friday to a pair of teams ranked in the Top-15.

The day started for Union with a 5-0 loss to No. 11 Brenau (Ga.) University, and it concluded when No. 13 Shorter (Ga.) College won 5-1 over the Lady Bulldogs. The matches were part of the Blast-Off Classic at the Richards Tennis Complex on the campus of Berry College in Mount Berry, Ga.

After the two matches, Union owns an 8-2 record. Brenau moved to 8-6 while Shorter went to 7-5.

The lone point of the day came from Yeris Vargas (Merida, Venezuala) in the Shorter match at No. 3 singles. She won in straight sets, 6-3 and 7-5.

Union plays No. 13 Berry at 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning to conclude the event.

No. 19 Union vs. No. 11 Brenau

 

Singles

Scores

Camila Cunha (UC) vs. Shkurte Ejupi (BU)

DNF

Paula Ghilardotti (BU) def. Juliana Negosek (UC)

6-4, 6-3

Yeris Vargas (UC) vs. Jolene Wong (BU)

DNF 

Liubov Orlova (BU) def. Ximena Aguilar (UC) 

6-3, 6-0

Katie Sakalauskas (UC) vs. Natalia Aranguren (BU)

DNF

Andressa Coelho (UC) vs. Diana Cardenas (BU)

DNP

Doubles

Scores

Ghilardotti/Aranguren (BU) def. Vargas/Negosek (UC)  

8-4

Cardenas/Wong (BU) def. Cunha/Aguilar (UC)

8-4

Orlova/Ejupi (BU) def. Sakalauskas/Coelho (UC)

8-2

No. 19 Union vs. No. 13 Shorter

 

Singles

Scores

Camila Cunha (UC) vs. Lydie Ratsaraefadahy (SC)

DNF

Angelika Bondarenko (SC) def. Juliana Negosek (UC)

7-5, 6-3

Yeris Vargas (UC) def. Caroline Robert (SC)

6-3, 7-5

Danielle Monteith (SC) def. Ximena Aguilar (UC)

6-1, 6-3

Katie Sakalauskas (UC) vs. Giuliana Luconi (SC)

DNF

Andressa Coelho (UC) vs. Carolina Brigneti (SC)

DNF

Doubles

Scores

Ratsaraefadahy/Bondarenko (SC) def. Vargas/Negosek (UC)

8-0

Robert/Monteith (SC) def. Cunha/Aguilar (UC)

8-4

Luconi/Brigneti (SC) def. Sakalauskas/Coelho (UC)

9-7