The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s tennis team scored a 6-1 win over UT Martin in Murfreesboro, Tenn., today. The Mocs improved to 6-4 overall while the Skyhawks dropped to 1-6.
UTC won two doubles matches and five of six singles at the Adams Tennis Complex at MTSU. Junior Emma Van Hee and sophomore Caroline Gibbens won at No. 1 doubles, followed by junior Bogdana Zaporozhets and freshman Jessie Young. Young and Zaporozhets moved to 8-2 as a doubles tandem in the spring.
Van Hee posted her third win in a row at No.
5, moving to 7-1 in the spring. Gibbens was in the singles lineup at No. 6 where she scored her second win in a dual match.
Young, Zaporozhets and freshman Callie Billman also won in singles play.
UTC is on the road next weekend, visiting Furman on Friday and Presbyterian on Saturday.
Chattanooga 6, UT Martin 1
Feb 23, 2020 at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
(Adams Tennis Complex)
Singles competition
1. YOUNG, Jessie (CHATT) def. PRATT, Daphne (UTM) 6-0, 6-2
2. ZAPOROZHETS, Bogdana (CHATT) def. STREIF, Jule (UTM) 6-2, 6-2
3. CAMPBELL, Amelia (UTM) def. GOLOPUTOVA, Polina (CHATT) 6-4, 6-1
4. BILLMAN, Callie (CHATT) def. AUBIN, Aziza (UTM) 6-4, 6-2
5. VAN HEE, Emma (CHATT) def. ALBERSMEIER, Sina (UTM) 6-1, 6-2
6. GIBBENS, Caroline (CHATT) def. SAKURAI, Mizuki (UTM) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. VAN HEE, Emma/GIBBENS, Caroline (CHATT) def. CAMPBELL, Amelia/PRATT, Daphne (UTM) 6-2
2. YOUNG, Jessie/ZAPOROZHETS, Bogdana (CHATT) def. AUBIN, Aziza/SAKURAI, Mizuki (UTM) 6-2
3. ALBERSMEIER, Sina/STREIF, Jule (UTM) vs. BILLMAN, Callie/DUNAVANT, Grace Anne (CHATT) 5-4, unfinished