BOONE, N.C. - App State women's tennis pushed past Western Carolina, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon at Deer Valley Racquet Club.
The Mountaineers are 1-1, while head coach
Ashleigh Antal captured her first win as the App State head coach. The Apps have won their past 13 home matches and are 17-2 in the past 19 home contests. Western Carolina fell to 2-2 in the setback.
Sandra Anglesjö and
Ksenia Aleshina started the match off in doubles with a 6-1 win over Anna Uljanov/Julia Pezzuco on Court No. 2. App State clinched the doubles point when
Helena Figueras and
Virginia Poggi dealt Carli Deehr/Antonella Benavides a 6-2 defeat as the third tandem.
The Mountaineers swept all three doubles matches as the duo of
María José Zacarias and
Teodora Sevo topped Kata Foldeak/Jacy Smith, 6-1.
Sevo continued her solid day with a second victory over Smith, 6-3, 6-2 as the No. 2 in the lineup.
Aleshina gave the Apps a 3-0 advantage when she downed Uljanov in a come-from-behind three-set win. The freshman fell in the first set followed by 7-5 and 6-1 victories in the second and third frames, respectively.
After Zacarias fell in a hard-fought three-set match as the No. 1, Anglesjö clinched the contest with her convincing 6-1, 6-0 triumph against Deehr. Poggi and Figueras continued App State's momentum with a pair of straight-set wins. Poggie won her match, 6-3, 6-3, over Hoda Habib, while Figueras ended the day with a 6-0, 6-1 showing over Benavides.
Two of the newcomers in Figueras and Aleshina each got their first wins in a Black and Gold uniform.
App State has a quick turnaround with a 2 p.m. contest against No. 11 Duke tomorrow in Durham.
Singles
Kata Foldeak (WCU) def. María José Zacarias (APP) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Teodora Sevo (APP) def. Jacy Smith (WCU), 6-3, 6-2
Ksenia Aleshina (APP) def. Anna Uljanov (WCU), 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
Virginia Poggi (APP) def. Hoda Habib (WCU), 6-3, 6-3
Helena Figueras (APP) def. Antonella Benavides (WCU), 6-0, 6-1
Sandra Anglesjö (APP) def. Carli Deehr (WCU), 6-1, 6-0
Order of Finish: 2,3,1,6,4,5
Doubles
Sevo/Zacarias (APP) def. Foldeak/Smith (WCU) 6-1
Aleshina/Anglesjö(APP) def. Uljanov/Pezzuco (WCU) 6-1
Figueras/Poggi (APP) def. Deehr/Benavides (WCU) 6-2
Order of Finish: 2,3,1
