GREENSBORO, N.C -Appalachian State University women's tennis dropped its third straight Southern Conference match Saturday afternoon to UNC Greensboro 7-0. With the loss, the Apps fall to 6-6 on the season and 0-3 in SoCon play, while UNCG improves 6-3 overall and 3-0 in the league.

The afternoon got off to a rocky start for the Mountaineers who lost all three doubles matches.

The duo of Ellie Linsell and Jessica Thaggard were defeated 8-2 at the number one position, Blakeley Bean and Gisela Fernandez lost 8-1 at the number two position. Jennifer Ansari and Kim-Lea Dinh were defeated at the number three position 8-5.

ASU struggled in singles action as well, as the Spartans were able to win every flight.

Linsell fell at the number one spot 7-5, 6-0 while Ansari's opponent proved to be too much at the number two spot, also losing in two straight sets.

Thaggard and Bean dropped their matches at the three and four positions, while Amanda Cash and Dinh were unsuccessful on the afternoon as well, losing 6-0, 7-6 (7-4) and 6-1, 6-2 to their competition.

Appalachian takes a much needed rest before returning to action Friday, March 25, traveling to SoCon rival Davidson for a 3 p.m. match.

UNC Greensboro 7, Appalachian State 0

Singles
Tooli Wilkins (UNCG) def. Ellie Linsell (ASU) 7-5, 6-0
Alex Whitehead (UNCG) def. Jennifer Ansari (ASU) 6-3, 6-1
Steph Macfarlane (UNCG) def. Jessica Thaggard (ASU) 6-0, 6-2
Lucy Dougherty (UNCG) def. Blakeley Bean (ASU) 6-2, 6-3
Annette Rios (UNCG) def. Amanda Cash (ASU) 6-0, 7-6(4)
Mikayla Rogers (UNCG) def. Kim-Lea Dinh (ASU) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
Macfarlane/Whitehead (UNCG) def. Linsell/Thaggard (ASU) 8-2
Wilkins/Dougherty (UNCG) def. Fernandez/Bean (ASU) 8-1
Dilara Yurtkuran/Rios (UNCG) def. Ansari/Dinh (ASU) 8-5