Lady Eagles defeat Wingate 5-0, advance to Food Lion SAC Championship
April 24, 2009
ROCK HILL, S.C. -- The second-seeded Carson-Newman women's tennis team defeated third-seeded Wingate, 5-0, in the 2009 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament Friday afternoon at the Rock Hill Tennis Center.
With the win, the Lady Eagles (12-2) advance to their second straight SAC Championship match and will face No. 4 Brevard, which beat top-seeded Tusculum 5-2, at 12 p.m. on Saturday.
C-N swept all three doubles matches to build a 3-0 lead over Wingate (12-8). SAC Player of the Year Amanda Bartlett (Powder Springs, Ga.) and Taryn Cappadona (Kennesaw, Ga.) downed Wingate's Kara Stasikelis (Greer, S.C.) and Hollyn Alberghini (Stanfield, N.C.), 8-0, in No. 1 doubles.
The Lady Eagles' No. 2 doubles team of Elizabeth Sneed (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Cassie Moulton (Maryville, Tenn.) took down Samantha Alschlager (Burnsville, Minn.) and Pierce Dillard (Simpsonville, S.C.), 8-3.
In the No. 3 doubles match, C-N's Emily Sorah (Bristol, Tenn.) and Kylie Elliott (Maryville, Tenn.) defeated Zoe Hartas (Sydney, Australia) and Ewa Opala (Redziny, Poland), 9-7.
Sneed defeated Dillard 6-0 and 6-4 in No. 2 singles, while Cappadona won her No. 4 singles match over Alberghini 6-0 and 6-2 to secure the win for the Lady Eagles.
2009 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis Tournament Semifinals
#3 Wingate vs #2 Carson-Newman
Apr 24, 2009
at Rock Hill, S.C.
#2 Carson-Newman 5, #3 Wingate 0
Singles competition
1. Kara Stasikelis (WU) vs. Amanda Bartlett (C-N) no result
2. Elizabeth Sneed (C-N) def. Pierce Dillard (WU) 6-0, 6-4
3. Zoe Hartas (WU) vs. Kylie Elliott (C-N) no result
4. Taryn Cappadona (C-N) def. Hollyn Alberghini (WU) 6-0, 6-2
5. Samantha Alschlager (WU) vs. Emily Sorah (C-N) no result
6. Ewa Opala (WU) vs. Cassie Moulton (C-N) no result
Doubles competition
1. Amanda Bartlett/Taryn Cappadona (C-N) def. Kara Stasikelis/Hollyn Alberghini (WU) 8-0
2. Elizabeth Sneed/Cassie Moulton (C-N) def. Samantha Alschlager/Pierce Dillard (WU) 8-3
3. Emily Sorah/Kylie Elliott (C-N) def. Zoe Hartas/Ewa Opala (WU) 9-7
Match Notes:
#3 Wingate 12-8
#2 Carson-Newman 12-2
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,4)
Carson-Newman advances to the SAC Championship match tomorrow at noon.
