CHARLOTTE, N.C. - After winning its last three matches, Appalachian State University women's tennis let UNC Charlotte slip away with a 5-2 victory to halt its winning streak on Saturday afternoon.

The Mountaineers (5-3) got off to a poor start as it lost 2-of-3 doubles matches. The lone victory came in the second pairing of Blakeley Bean and Gisela Fernandez as the thumped Emmanuelle Briant and Iveta Guneva 8-1. At the top pairing for ASU, Ellie Linsell and Jennifer Ansari fell by the same score, and Jennifer Ansari and Kim-Lea Dinh made a valiant effort to help claim the doubles point but dropped the match 8-6.

In singles play, Appalachian came out strong winning at the No. 1 and 2 spots, but it would go one to drop the last four matches to the 49ers (7-4).

Linsell won her fourth straight match by beating Alexandra Zinn at the top spot, 7-5, 6-1, while Ansari battled back after losing the first set to trump Andrea Rivera 2-6, 6-4, 6-0.

The Black and Gold would go on to lose two matches in three sets, as Thaggard and Amanda Cash were outlasted at the No. 3 and 5 positions. Bean and Dinh were defeated at number four and six in two straight sets.

The Apps next match is March 11 versus Gardner-Webb, and it will be the squad's home opener for the 2011 campaign.

UNC Charlotte 5, Appalachian State 2

Singles competition
1. Ellie Linsell (ASU) def. Alexandra Zinn (UNCC) 7-5, 6-1
2. Andrea Rivera (UNCC) def. Jennifer Ansari (ASU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
3. Gabi Vergara (UNCC) def. Jessica Thaggard (APPST) 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
4. Blakeley Bean (ASU) def. Emmanuelle Briant (UNCC) 6-0, 6-3
5. Anna Ekelund (UNCC) def. Amanda Cash (ASU) 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
6. Iveta Guneva (UNCC) def. Kim-Lea Dinh (ASU) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Zinn/Rivera (UNCC) def. Linsell/Thaggard (ASU) 8-1
2. Bean/Gisela Fernandez (ASU) def. Briant/Guneva (UNCC) 8-1
3. Vergara/Ekelund (UNCC) def. Ansari/Dinh (ASU) 8-6