The Lady Flames Tennis team moved to 2-0 on the young season with a 9-0 blanking of Bethel University (0-1) Friday afternoon at the DeVos Tennis Center.
Tonya Walters and Kelsey Gray teamed up to win the No. 1 doubles spot, 8-0, over Dasha Klyuyenko and Allison Adcock.
At No. 2 doubles, Tarah Garner and Annie Sandberg beat Michella Douglas and Connie Oliver, 8-1. Stephanie Todd and Christy North concluded the doubles sweep with an 8-0 defeat of Jerrica Corley and Krisani Boyd.
All six of the Lady Flames singles competitors won in straight sets.
Walters took down Klyuyenko, 6-1 and 6-1. Gray was a winner (6-2, 6-2) over Douglas.
Garner, Sandberg and Jodie Rice each dropped just one game in their singles matches. Todd defeated Boyd (6-1, 6-2) in the No. 5 singles spot.
The Lady Flames hit the road for the first time with a trip to Jefferson City, Tn., to take on Carson-Newman College. The match is slated to begin at 1 p.m.
Lady Flames 9, Bethel University 0
Doubles
Walters/Gray (LU) def. Klyuyenko/Adcock 8-0
Garner/Sandberg (LU) def. Douglas/Oliver 8-1
Todd/Christy North (LU) def. Corley/Boyd 8-0
Singles
Tonya Walters (LU) def. Dasha Klyuyenko 6-1, 6-1
Kelsey Gray (LU) def. Michella Douglas 6-2, 6-2
Tarah Garner (LU) def. Allison Adcock 6-0, 6-1
Annie Sandberg (LU) def. Connie Oliver 6-1, 6-0
Stephanie Todd (LU) def. Krisani Boyd 6-1, 6-2
Jodie Rice (LU) def. Jerrica Corley 6-0, 6-1
The Lee Flames tennis team picked up its first win of the season and improved to 1-1 on the young season with a 7-2 takedown of Bethel University (0-1) Friday afternoon at the DeVos Tennis Center.
Lee held a 2-1 advantage following the doubles portion of the match. Patrick Kim teamed with Renan Molineiro to win the No. 2 doubles match over Paolo Vecchi and Eduardo Espinar, 8-3.
Kevin Tan and Flavio Costa were 8-5 winners over Travis Hyman and Raphael Sousa. Peter Baca and Kristian Takac gave the Wildcats an 8-5 doubles win over Michael Yokosuk and Richard Gamble.
Baca would continue his success for Bethel with a win at No. 1 singles over Yokosuk (6-2, 6-4). Lee would go on to win the final five singles matches in straight sets.
Gamble defeated Vecchi, 6-4 and 6-2, while Molineiro outlasted Hyman (6-3, 6-4). Costa won his first set against Espinar 6-3 and picked up the walkover win while leading 3-2 in the second set.
Kim and Fabio Medina each won their matches by the score of 6-2 and 6-1. Kim defeated Takac and Medina beat Sousa.
The Flames hit the road for the first time with a trip to Jefferson City, Tn., to take on Carson-Newman College. The match is slated to begin at 1 p.m.
Flames 7, Bethel University 2
Doubles
Baca/Takac (BU) def. Yokosuk/Gamble 8-5
Kim/Molineiro (LU) def. Vecchi/Espinar 8-3
Kevin Tan/Costa (LU) def. Hyman/Sousa 8-5
Singles
Peter Baca (BU) def. Michael Yokosuk 6-2, 6-4
Richard Gamble (LU) def. Paolo Vecchi 6-4, 6-2
Patrick Kim (LU) def. Kristian Takac 6-2, 6-1
Renan Molineiro (LU) def. Travis Hyman 6-3, 6-4
Flavio Costa (LU) def. Eduardo Espinar 6-3, 3-2 ret.
Fabio Medina (LU) def. Raphael Sousa 6-2, 6-1