#43 WOMEN'S TENNIS DOMINATES, SWEEPS LMU IN HOME CONFERENCE MATCH

Mount Olive, NC - The nationally-ranked Cobras dominated today at the Coker Tennis Courts, clinching the 4-0 sweep over the Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters!

By The Numbers

Final Score: Coker 4, LMU 0
Records: Coker 6-2 (2-1 SAC), Lincoln Memorial 8-7 (0-2 SAC)
Location: Hartsville, SC | Coker Tennis Courts

Full Results

Doubles:

Jade Bellegy / Emerson Banning: 6-3 win
Tamara Macias / Ilona Hernandez-Sanchez: 2-5 unfinished
Caroline Myers / Salomé Sierra: 6-3 win

Singles:

Bellegy: 6-2, 6-1 win
Hernandez-Sanchez: 7-5, 6-1 win
Banning: 6-2, 4-6, 0-1 unfinished
Sierra: 6-4, 1-3 unfinished
Macias: 4-6, 3-2 unfinished
Myers: 6-4, 6-1 win

How It Happened

The Cobras earned 6-3 wins at the first and third doubles positions to take the doubles point and head up 1-0 going into singles play. The first court off was Bellegy, earning a dominant straight-sets victory on court one. Then, the freshman Hernandez-Sanchez battled for a first-set victory and then dominated in the second set, earning the Cobras a 3-0 lead with four matches still being played. After a close first set, Myers put the nail in the coffin with a 6-1 second set to clinch the sweep for the team!

Notables

• Myers is still undefeated in singles at 6-0, proving to be a model of consistency for the Cobras as she continues her stellar season of play
• Bellegy had yet another straight-set victory in singles to give the Cobras their second point of the day, and she is 5-2 on the season
• Hernandez-Sanchez is an early candidate to be freshman of the year, dominating in the last two matches against Wingate and LMU

Up Next

The Cobras will host Limestone this Tuesday as they continue SAC play. First serve in that match is scheduled for 11:00 AM ET