BOONE, N.C. – App State Tennis started its conference season with a bang by sweeping Arkansas State 4-0 in Saturday's Sun Belt opener at the Deer Valley Racquet Club.
"I thought we went out with great energy today, and we really trusted the process," head coach
Ashleigh Antal said. "I felt good coming off a big week of practice. Everybody went out there and did their job, and there was nothing else we could ask for."
Playing at home for the first time in almost two months, the Mountaineers wasted no time gaining a 1-0 advantage in the team score by winning the doubles point. After
Savannah Dada-Mascoll and
Ellie Murphy stormed to a 6-0 victory at No. 1,
Virginia Poggi and
Brooke Gruber clinched the point with a 6-2 win at No. 3.
It was more of the same in singles, where
Maggie Pate claimed a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 3, followed by
Helena Jansen's 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 1. The final point came from freshman Dada-Mascoll, who improved her season singles record to 5-1 with a 6-1, 7-5 victory on court two.
App State will host ULM on Sunday at 10 a.m., for another indoor match at Deer Valley.
"Our girls went out there and did their job, and that's going to give us a lot of confidence moving into tomorrow," Antal said. "We were disciplined, we had good energy, and we did what we went out to do."
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