Women's Tennis Falls 4-1 at East Carolina

GREENVILLE, N.C. -- App State women's tennis captured the doubles point, but fell 4-1 at East Carolina on Saturday afternoon.

Helena Jansen and Ellie Murphy (0-2) got the Mountaineers off to a strong start. winning at No. 1 doubles by a 6-0 score. After the Pirates (1-1) won at No. 3 doubles, Erika Dodridge and Virginia Poggi clinched the point for App State with a 6-2 triumph at No. 2 doubles.

In singles action, Jansen lost a tight 6-4, 6-3 match at No. 1 singles and Dodridge fell 6-4, 7-6 (3) at the No. 2 singles position. 

Poggi dropped a three-set match at No. 3 singles that saw the final set go the distance to a tiebreaker by a 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (2) score.

Murphy was up a set at No. 4 singles and Olwyn Ryan-Bovey had split sets at No. 5 singles when the match was called.

The Mountaineers play next on Wednesday at Radford at 2 p.m. App State then returns to the High Country on Feb. 12 for its home opener against Davidson at noon.

ECU 4, App State 1
Singles
1. Martina Muzzolon (ECU) def. Helena Jansen (APP) 6-4, 6-3
2. Alisha Hussain (ECU) def. Erika Dodridge (APP) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
3. Sofia Cerezo Holgado (ECU) def. Virginia Poggi (APP) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (2)
4. Ellie Murphy (APP) vs. Alisa Diercksen (ECU) 7-6, 4-4, unfinished
5. Olwyn Ryan-Bovey (APP) vs. Isabella Riveria Orti 4-6, 6-4, unfinished
6. Anne Lou Champion (ECU) def. Brooke Gruber (APP) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
1. Helena Jansen/Ellie Murphy (APP) def. Alisha Hussain/Sofia Cerezo Holgado (ECU) 6-0
2. Erika Dodridge/Virginia Poggi (APP) def. Alisha Diercksen/Martina Muzzolon (ECU) 6-2
3. Anne Lou Champion/Isabella Riveria Orti (ECU) def. Olwyn Ryan-Bovey/Brooke Gruber (APP) 6-2