Lady Eagles Break Out Brooms, Win Seventh Straight
Carson-Newman Women’s Tennis kept its winning ways rolling with its seventh straight in a sweep of Emory & Henry.
RESULTS (PDF)
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman Women's Tennis kept its winning ways rolling with its seventh straight in a sweep of Emory & Henry.
Carson-Newman (9-2, 6-0 South Atlantic Conference) broke out the brooms in a 4-0 swift defeat of Emory & Henry (2-10, 1-7 SAC) that took just around an hour and a half from first serve to the clinching match point.
Singles play looked as dominant as ever with swift defeats on Courts No. 1, 3, and 6.
"We play matches like this more and more competitively as a team," Carson-Newman Women's Tennis head coach Nathan Gangelhoff said. "With higher energy, everyone feels good and plays good, and I thought today was a really good day (for that)."
The highlight that stood above the rest was from junior transfer Maria del Mar Sarda Marti (Barcelona, Spain) who won her 13th straight singles match to start her Carson-Newman career.
"I'm playing good because of my motivation and energy," del Mar Sarda Marti said. "The team makes everything so great, with their motivation, and we just have a really good team this year."
In the completed singles matches, the Eagles went 24-6 across the six combined sets.
SINGLES RESULTS
No. 1: Edisa Hot (C-N) def. Sabina Chernega (E&H) 6-3, 6-0
No. 2: Sindija Manovska (C-N) vs. Tahnne Sesma (E&H) 6-3, 4-1, unfinished
No. 3: Maria del Mar Sarda (C-N) def. Ellyson Kovacs (E&H) 6-1, 6-0
No. 4: Kira Baacke (C-N) vs. Nina Williams (E&H) 6-4, 4-2, unfinished
No. 5: Maria Ulloa (C-N) vs. Olivia Pursley (E&H) 6-4, 3-2, unfinished
No. 6: Mar Fraile (C-N) def. Karlie Quinn (E&H) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles went seamlessly to start the day as the Wasps could only muster two game wins across all three pairings.
DOUBLES RESULTS
No. 1: Kira Baacke/Sindija Manovska (C-N) def. Sabina Chernega/Olivia Pursley (E&H) 6-2
No. 2: Emma Sanchez Jimenez/Maria del Mar Sarda (C-N) vs. Ellyson Kovacs/Tahnne Sesma (E&H) 5-2, unfinished
No. 3: Leah McBride/Hala Awad (C-N) def. Nina Williams/Karlie Quinn (E&H) 6-2
Carson-Newman faces its biggest challenge of the season in its next match on Friday, March 29, for an 11 a.m. first serve time on the road against No. 23 Wingate. The Eagles look to see their name listed in the ITA team rankings release on Wednesday morning to pair with the number next to the Bulldogs' name.
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